原联合国海洋事务高级官员，曾在中国国家海洋局任职，之后在联合国教科文组织、联合国环境规划署、联合国开发计划署等机构从事长达30多年的国际海洋事务管理和咨询工作。在大黄海、中国南海、东亚海等多个国际项目的成功运行中，先后担任项目官员、资深专家、项目经理、顾问等重要角色，为全球海洋生态系统维护、国际政府间海洋合作做出了杰出贡献。
主要发表作品
John C. Pernetta*, Yihang Jiang, Managing Multi-lateral, Intergovernmental Projects and Programmes: the Case of the UNEP/GEF South China Sea Project; Ocean & Coastal Management 85 (2013) 141-152
John C. Pernetta*, Yihang Jiang, Selection of Demonstration Sites in the Face of Conflicting Demands and Financial Limitations; Ocean & Coastal Management 85 (2013) 186-200
Y. Jiang & C. Chiang (ed) Seasonal Variation of the Major Environment Parameters in the Yellow Sea Basin (ISBN : 978-89-964543-1-1 93520)
M. Walton & Y. Jiang Some Considerations of the Fisheries Management in the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem, pp 89-100, Sustaining the World’s Large Marine Ecosystems. (2009)
S. Heileman & Y. Jiang, Yellow Sea LME, PP441-451, The UNEP Large Marine Ecosystem Report: A perspective on Changing Conditions in LMEs of the World’s Regional Seas.
Y. Jiang & T. Nakamura, The Northwest Pacific – the UNEP Action Plan Facing the Sub-polar Asian Seas, Coastal and Ocean Management, Volume 45/11-12, pp 853-871
Y. Jiang H. Kirkman & H. An, Marine Environment Response to Megacity Development – Regional Programme of Action for GPA/LBA, Coastal and Ocean Management, Volume 44, Issue 5-6, pp. 293-318
Y. Jiang & H. Kirkman, Potential Application of Remote Sessing in the East Asian Seas Action Plan, presented at the International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Marine Environment in the Northwest Pacific Region, Toyama, Japan, 31 March – 1 April 2000
Y. Jiang, Sustainability of Marine Coastal Resources: Problems, Economic Value and Solutions, presented at the International Forum on Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, 30-31 July 2000