Chen Hao played for Shandong Youth in the China League Two in 2011, scoring six goals in fourteen appearances that season.
Chen was linked with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenxin in the summer of 2014 but two clubs didn't reach an agreement on his transfer.
[4] He made his Super League debut on 8 March 2015, in a 6–2 defeat against Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, coming on as a substitute for Zé Eduardo in the 68th minute.
[8] He scored the other goal of the season at their home against Hebei China Fortune on 21 August 2016, which ensured Henan's 1–0 victory.
On 26 April 2017, he was diagnosed as posterior cruciate ligament tear of left knee, ruling him out for the rest of four months.