He is a two-time gold medallist at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and has a personal best of 17.58 metres, which he set winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Born in Changsha, he first represented China internationally at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Beijing, where he finished eighth in his qualifying group.

[3] He broke the Chinese indoor record in February 2011, clearing 17.01 m and matched his outdoor best in April.

[6] In his first appearance on the global senior stage he finished eighth at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

[7][8] In Nanjing in March 2013 he broke Oleg Sakirkin's 20-year-old Asian indoor record with a jump of 17.16 m.[9] That year, he also reached the final of the World Championship.