Upon his return to Dalian Shide, he was unable to break into the senior team and moved abroad to Portugal's Segunda Divisão side, Boavista in 2010 as a youth player.

[3] Despite his goalscoring debut he was unable to score in any of his following outings as the club suffered relegation to the second tier at the end of the 2012 campaign.

[5] The club's manager Jia Xiuquan decided transition Bi into a centre back, which seemed to transform the player as he established himself at the heart of the club's defence and helped guide them to fifth within the league at the end of the 2015 league season, which resulted in selection for the Chinese national team in August 2015.

[11] As the season progressed he gradually started to become a regular within the team again and go on to win the 2019 Chinese FA Cup with the club.

[12] Bi made his debut for the Chinese national team on 17 November 2015 in a 0-0 draw against Hong Kong in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, coming on as a substitute for Wu Lei in the 81st minute.