Director and researcher of Manchu Institute of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, president of Beijing Manchu Society, vice president of China Palace Museum, historian. Study the history of Manchuria, Qing Dynasty and Beijing. Initiate and create the first professional holistic research institution-Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Holistic Research Institute, Beijing Holistic Research Association and Beijing Holistic Research Foundation. Initiated and presided over the first and second international full-time seminars. Beijing Municipal Government awarded the title of expert with outstanding contributions and enjoyed the special allowance issued by the State Council. The Biography of Nurhachi won the "Bright Cup" award for outstanding academic works in Beijing and China, the National Outstanding Achievement Award for Manchu Studies, the Best Book Award from the Ministry of Culture of China and the International Best Book Honors from Frankfurt and Leipzig. He has given lectures in the United States, Japanese, Mongolian, Taiwan Province, Hongkong and other countries and regions, and participated in international academic seminars abroad for many times. In 2007, Fu Bo, president of Fushun Academy of Social Sciences, introduced that Yan Chongnian was an "honorary citizen" of Fushun City and was awarded a certificate by Liu Qiang, the mayor of Fushun City.
The Beijing News reported that Yan Chongnian had worked as a teacher in Manmeng Middle School, so he gave a brief explanation.
The anthology includes Manchu Studies (Ethnic Publishing House 1999), Yan Shi Ji (Beijing Yanshan Publishing House 1998), Yuan Chonghuan Studies Ji (Taipei Literature and History Zhe Publishing House 1984) and Yan Bu Ji (Beijing Yanshan Publishing House/kloc-0). Monographs include The Biography of Nurhachi (Beijing Press 1983 Edition), The Ancient Capital Beijing (Chinese, English and German Edition) (Beijing Chaohua Press 1987 Edition) and Sweat of Destiny (Jilin Literature and History Press 1993 Edition, etc./KLOC-). Editor-in-chief of the academic series Manchu Studies Series 1-6, Yuan Chonghuan Academic Essays, Qi Jiguang Research Essays and other eleven works. He has published more than 250 papers on Manchu studies and Qing history.