At Qingdao, he was given his chance to break into the senior team and made his league debut against Shanghai Shenhua on 2 April 2005 in a 2–0 defeat where he came on as a second-half substitute.

[3] Throughout the league campaign, Qin would gain significant playing time and go on to score his first goal on 31 October 2008 against Shanghai East Asia in a 4–1 victory.

[4] By the end of the season, Qin would have played in seven league games and scored one goal as Jiangsu won the division title and promotion to the top tier.

On 25 February 2012, he made his official debut for Guangzhou in the 2–1 Chinese Super Cup victory against Tianjin Teda, coming on as a substitute for Zhao Xuri in 59th minute.

[12] On 24 May 2015, Qin took a free kick quickly and assisted Ding Haifeng scoring the equalizer when Chongqing Lifan's goalkeeper Sui Weijie left his goal unguarded to take a water break.

[21] He made his league debut for the club on 18 July 2018 in a 0–0 home draw against Hebei China Fortune, coming on as a substitute for Zhou Ting in the 75th minute.

[22] On 24 July 2018, he scored his first goal, a penalty, to beat Sichuan Jiuniu 2–0 in the second leg of quarter-finals of 2018 Chinese FA Cup.

[25] Qin received his last international call on 15 June 2013 in a disgraceful 5–1 home defeat against Thailand, which he was substituted off by Zhao Xuri in the 28th minute.