• Chen Ning Yang, celebrated physicist and Nobel laureate, has died at 103 in Beijing.
• He was renowned for his work on the Yang–Mills theory and parity laws in physics.
• Yang shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics with Tsung-Dao Lee for significant contributions to elementary particle physics.

Chen Ning Yang, a distinguished Nobel Prize-winning physicist, passed away at the age of 103 in Beijing on October 18, according to state-operated news sources. His death is reported to be due to illness, as detailed by various state media including Xinhua and CCTV, highlighting his influential role in modern physics as a theoretical physicist renowned for the Yang–Mills theory and contributions to the understanding of fundamental forces in nature SCMP, Reuters, and Channel News Asia.

Yang was born in 1922 in Hefei, Anhui province, and shared the 1957 Nobel Prize with fellow physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, which was awarded for their groundbreaking work on parity laws, reshaping the understanding of elementary particles. He was not only a significant figure academically but also held a professorship at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he inspired a generation of physicists through his teachings and contributions to talent development India Times, BBC, and Channel News Asia.

In his prolific career, Yang's work laid the foundational mathematics for what is now known as the Standard Model of particle physics, which describes three of the four fundamental forces of nature. His legacy includes not only his renowned theoretical work but also influential roles in education and academic exchanges, shaping much of modern physics research SCMP, Reuters, and India Times.