The 20-year-old was selected by Juventus' management team of Claudio Ranieri and Gianluca Pessotto after the Chinese Super League team's 2-1 victory in the Fiat Cup in Shanghai. Head coach Ranieri and team manager Pessotto also viewed videos of a number of players.

Yang will move to Turin and train alongside the youth team at Juventus' training centre in Vinovo.

The Bianconeri, who are on a post-season tour of Asia and Australia, announced plans to recruit a young player from China following last Thursday's 2-1 defeat to South China in Hong Kong.

Parma won the Fiat Cup after defeating Shanghai and drawing 3-3 with Juventus.