At the 2012 Chinese National Championships, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars behind then-reigning Olympic champion He Kexin.

Later that year, she competed at the Asian Championships, where she won gold with the Chinese team and another silver on uneven bars.

In October, she competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp and won the bars title with a score of 15.400.

At the Asian Games in the fall of 2014, Huang earned a gold medal with the team and a silver on uneven bars.

Huang competed at the 2015 Chinese National Championships, where she won a silver medal on bars behind teammate Fan Yilin.