[3] Chen was loaned out to fellow Chinese Super League clubs Shijiazhuang Ever Bright and Henan Songshan Longmen for the 2020 and 2021 season respectively.

[4] He returned to Shandong's first team for the 2022 season, scoring his first goal for the club on 6 July 2022, a 87-minute late winner in a 2–1 win against Changchun Yatai.

On 15 January 2023, Chen scored the equalizer against Zhejiang Pro in the 2022 Chinese FA Cup final, and Shandong came from behind to win the game 2–1.

It was the first major trophy in Chen's career and Shandong achieved an unprecedented 3 successive titles in this competition.

[6] On 12 December 2023, Chen was named in China's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.