International Career
After his consistent performances for Beijing Guoan, he was he was called up to the Chinese national team on 10 August 2006 in a friendly against Thailand where he came on as a substitute for Li Leilei in a 4-0 victory. He would later make his competitive debut the following season against Myanmar on 28 October 2007 for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game, which China won 4-0. It was not until the introduction of new head coach Gao Hongbo that saw Yang Zhi promoted to become the national team's first choice goalkeeper when he named him within his first game in a friendly against Germany on 29 May 2009 that ended in a 1-1 draw.
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