Huang was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 2004 Women's Chess Olympiad in Calvià.

[3] She scored of 4/4 (despite this 100% result she did not win reserve board prize due to the limited number of games played).

Her three norms required for the title were achieved at:[5] In 2013, she won the Zhonghai Huashan Cup for Women Stars, a rapidplay women's round-robin tournament held in Huayin, on tiebreak over Viktorija Cmilyte with a score of 4½/7, half point ahead of Tatiana Kosintseva and Women's World Champion Anna Ushenina.

[6] Huang Qian played in the Women World Rapid Championship in Riyadh 2017 and realised her best results with the black pieces (2 wins, 2 draws).

[8] Huang Qian is married to chess grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi.