Yang Yang (born Yang Zihe) is the daughter of Yang Zongjing, a famous stage actor and art director in China.

She is known primarily as a director, screenwriter and producer of drama series.

She has won the two major director awards for TV in China, the Flying Apsaras Awards and the Golden Eagle Awards (twice for both awards) for her directing work in "Holding Your Hands" (1999) and "The Proof of Memories" (2004).