Jiaqi Yang

Jiaqi Yang (杨家齐) is a Chinese competitive programmer who represented China at the 29th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2017, Tehran), winning a silver medal. He earned a gold medal at NOI 2016 (33rd Chinese National Olympiad in Informatics), which secured him a place at Tsinghua University, and in May 2017 was selected 3rd nationally for China's IOI team, the only student from Guangdong. He studied in Tsinghua's Yao Class (Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences), graduating in 2021, and has authored research papers.

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• Baidu Baike confirms Chinese name 杨家齐 and identity as IOI 2017 silver medalist and Tsinghua Yao Class alumnus, resolving the romanization 'Jiaqi Yang'.2021
• IOI 2017 profile: China delegation, scored 90.00/600 absolute, ranked ~51 absolute, silver medal; ran tasks nowruz/wiring/train/prize/simurgh/books.Aug 2017
• Selected 3rd nationally for China's IOI 2017 team and the only student from Guangdong province, out of a competitive national field - an elite standing beyond the medal itself.May 2017
• Graduated Tsinghua's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (Yao Class) in 2021 and has published research papers, suggesting a trajectory from competitive programming into academic CS research.2021
• NOI 2016 gold medal earned him Tsinghua admission before IOI; he went via the free-admission route into the Yao Class rather than the regular gaokao path.2016
• Codeforces handle 'jiaqiyang' is linked directly from his IOI stats profile and the cphof.org competitive-programming hall-of-fame profile, confirming the handle belongs to the same IOI contestant.2017