In October 2013 he joined the Da Dong Xiang fight club to compete in professional kickboxing.

[2] Jianliang made his professional debut against Wisrichai at the 2013 China vs Thailand Muay Thai tournament.

On April 2, 2016 in China at the inaugural Glory of Heroes event Qiu Jianliang beat Jomthong Chuwattana.

[9] After beating Ruslan Kushnirenko at Glory of Heroes 3, he Jianliang was scheduled to fight Azize Hlali at Wu Lin Feng 2016: China vs Morocco.

[10] September 17, 2016 in Chaoyang, China on a new event series dubbed "Rise of Heroes" Qiu Jianliang defeated Melvin Wassing.

[11] On Saturday, October 1, 2016 Glory of Heroes 5 in Zhengzhou, Qiu Jianliang beat Ilias Bulaid by decision.

[12][13] At Rise of Heroes 4, Jianliang fought Sebastien Fleury for the Martigny M.J.M Champion 67 kg title.

On January 13, 2017 Qiu Jianliang was in action at Glory of Heroes 6, where he earned a violent, spinning back kick finish of Kem Sitsongpeenong, to climb into the second place in Combat Press' rankings.

[22] At Glory of Heroes 38, Jianliang fought Dmitry Varats for the 2019 ISKA Junior Lightweight title.

[23] After winning the ISKA Junior Welterweight title, Jianliang was scheduled to fight Ivan Avdeev at Glory of Heroes 41.

It was announced on June 20, 2021, that Jianliang had signed with the ONE Championship, and would compete in the bantamweight kickboxing division of the promotion.