Han is the third Chinese player with overseas experience signed by Guangzhou Evergrande this season after Xu Xin and Li Yuanyi.
Born in 1993, Han Pengfei joined Club Deportivo Mafra of the Portugese Liga in 2013 and won the Portugal national championship as a first-choice defender in 2015. He also played for Chinese Olympic team at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.