Chen Jianlong would play for the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical youth team before going on loan to third-tier club Guangdong Sunray Cave to being his senior career in the 2007 Chinese league season.

[2] Back at Guangzhou he would make his debut for them on 3 April 2010, in a 3–1 home win against Beijing Institute of Technology.

[3] With Guangzhou, he would be part of the squad that won the 2010 Chinese League One division and promotion where he also won the 2011 Chinese Super League title, however throughout this he would mainly play a small part as a squad player.

To gain more playing time, Chen was loaned to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenxin on 5 January 2012.

[4] Chen moved to China League Two side Meizhou Kejia in 2013.