[1] His abilities would quickly draw comparisons to fellow Tianjin and former Young Player of the Year award winner Hao Junmin and he was seen as his successor within the club.

[3] By the following season the manager showed more faith within Hu and while he only gave Hu a single continental appearance he did allow him to play in the 2011 Chinese FA Cup final, which Tianjin won 2-1 against Shandong Luneng.

He transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune on February 23, 2018.

At the tournament Hu would go on to play in three further games as China were knocked out in the quarter-finals.

[5] He made his debut for China national football team on 3 June 2016 in a 4–2 win against Trinidad and Tobago, coming on as a substitute for Gao Lin in the second half.