Yao Jing previously worked for the US's Interior Design Chinese version, Area Chinese version, Frame Chinese version, the US's HOTEL Chinese version, famous Dutch design magazine Objekt, Urban Environment Design magazine, the China Building Center, and the Bixi Think Tank.

She is the founder of Urban Revitalization 2050, the co-curator of the parallel exhibition of the 15th Venice Biennial Exhibition Sharing and Regeneration, the curator and Chinese representative of EMGdotART Foundation, Creative Director of THOTH LINK, and the editor in chief of Area Design.