Yao Yunsong is now working as a provincial program coordinator in China for Winrock International---a non-profit and non-governmental organization dedicated to improving people's lives while protecting the environment. The program Yao Yunsong coordinates in a south-western province Yunnan, China is 'Women's Capacity Building for Rural Development Program'. This program aims to train and mobilize women pioneers and male supporters to improve the lives of rural women. As a provincial coordinator, Yao Yunsong is responsible for the implementation of all the activities related to this program, such as designing the training courses with both international and local trainers, working with relevant local institutions for gender mainstreaming to create enabling environment.

Before joining Winrock, Yao Yunsong has worked as a project officer for Yunnan Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Development (BOFTEC), a provincial government agency on several bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation projects in development areas.

Recently, Yao Yunsong has completed her master degree study on development management at the Asian Institute of Management(AIM) in the Philippines. She has returned back to China to reassume her work with Winrock to continue the efforts promoting the advancement of women.