2013 Ph.D, Marine Geology, China University of Geosciences
2000 M.Sc., Marine Geology, Ocean University of China
1997 B.Sc., Marine Geophysics, Ocean University of China

2019-present Member of Commission on the Limits of Continental Shelf,UN
2018-Present Deputy Director of Research Center of Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
2017-Present Adjunct Professor, College of Marine Science and Technology,
China University of Geosciences
July 2016 Chief Scientist, China-Seychelles Continental Margin Joint Cruise
June 2016 Chief Scientist, China-Mozambique Continental Margin Joint Cruise
2014- 2015 Visiting Scholar, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada
August 2012 Chief Scientist, China-Nigeria Joint Cruise in the Western Nigerian Continental Margin
2010-2018 Organizing and participating 1st-6th International Symposium on Scientific and Legal Aspects of the Regimes of the Continental Shelf and the Area
2009-Present Professor and Supervisor of Master Degree Candidates, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA)
2008-2013 Expert Group on Submission by the People’s Republic of China Concerning the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles in Part of the East China Sea
2003-Present Expert Group on Outer Continental Shelf Project in China

Marine Geophysics and Geology; Delimitation of Continental Shelf

2018-2020 National Key R&D Program of China
2017-Present China-Canada Marine Science Cooperation Project
2017-2018 Deep Sea Seismic Research System Project, Ministry of Science and Technology of China
2015-Present China-Seychelles Marine Science Cooperation Project
2015-Present China-Mozambique Marine Science Cooperation Project
2015-2018 The National Natural Science Foundation of China
2015-2016 China-Mozambique and China-Seychelles Continental Margin Joint Research Project
2014-Present China-Africa Continental Shelf Cooperation Project
2012-2013 China-Nigeria Joint Research in the Western Nigerian Continental Shelf Project
2012-2013 The Framework Plan for International Cooperation for the South China Sea and its Adjacent Oceans Project
2010-2015 The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Institutes Project
2006-2009 The National High Technology R&D Program of China

Wu Ziyin,YangFanlin,Tang Yong, High-Resolution Seafloor Survey and Application,2020,SCIENCE PRESS BeiJing.
Lyu Wenzheng,Mao Bin,Tang Yong,( translate),United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 V, (China Ocean Press, 2020) (in Chinese).
Li Mingbi, Li Jiabiao, Fang Yinxia, Tang Yong, Ding Weiwei,Geological Features of the Continental Margin and the Delimitation of the Outer Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles (China Ocean Press, 2015) (in Chinese).
Li Mingbi, Tang Yong, Fang Yinxia et al. (eds. and translate), Selections of the Submission Executive Summaries and Preliminary Information for the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles (China Ocean Press, 2015) (in Chinese).
Lyu Wenzheng et al. (eds. and translate), Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf: Interface of Law and Science, Chapter 12 (China Ocean Press, 2012) (in Chinese).
Seismic stratigraphy and deep-water sedimentary evolution of the southern Mozambique margin: Central Terrace and Mozambique Fracture Zone，Gao Ya, Dorrik Stow ,Yong Tang*,XinegXie*,David Piper,Marine Geology 427(2020)106187.
The Tectonic evolution and Sedimentary-filling characteristics of Mozambique basin，Gao Ya ,Yong Tang,XinegXie，Marine Science,2020 44(1): 157-164
Jimoh Rasheed Olayinka,Tang Yong*,Li Jiabiao, Awosika Larry Folajimi,Li He,Akinnigbage Edward Akintoye,Adeleye Adedayo Oluwaseum, The architecture of the lower parts of submarine canyons on the western Nigerian continental margin, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, Vol.37(7):28-40, 2018.
Li He, Tang Yong*, Ding Weiwei,Fang Yinxia,Dong Chongzhi,Cheng Zihua ,Gravity Inversion on Crust Structures of the Shikoku Basin,Philippine Sea, and Its Implication to the Evolution Process, Earth Science, Vol.43(3):862-872,2018.
Tang Yong, Hezhuan, Wu Zhaocai, Li Mingbi,The Geophysical haracteristics of hydrothermal plumes at the Logatchev Vent Field,Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Acta Oceanologica Sinica,Vol.34(1):120-126, 2012.
Tang Yong, Li Mingbi, Fang Yinxia,He Min,Wu Zhaocai,Ding Weiwei, Characteristics of Lower Slope Basin in Northern Continental Margin of South China Sea, Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, Vol.36(5):869-876, 2011.

Supervision of 8 M.Sc.,2 Ph.D and 4 B.Sc. honours students
Supervision of 2 M.Sc. Marine Scholarship of China

1. In-situ calibration methods for seafloor three-component magnetometer, Patent for invention, China
2. Integrated Information System for Continental Shelf and EEZ Delimitation, Software Copyright, China
3. Computer-aided Decision Making System for Delimitation of Outer Continental Shelf and International Seabed Resources, Software Copyright, China

2016 Distinguished Awards of China Association of Oceanic Engineering
2014 Science and Technology Award of Oceanic Engineering, China
2013 Advance Staff in Maritime Rights, State Oceanic Administration, China
2018 151 Talent Engineering, Zhejiang Province, China