Born in Hong Kong with a Hubei descent on 2 March 2006, Zhan is the smallest child in a family of three children (two elder brothers).

[8][9][10][7] Following the Stars Academy season 1, Zhan signed the sublabel All About Music under the record label TVB Music Group,[11] and debuted as a member of the girl group After Class on 27 November 2021, along with another three Stars Academy season 1 contestants Gigi Yim, Chantel Yiu, and Yumi Chung, with their debut single Present For Future [zh] (要為今日回憶).

She also performed the Les oiseaux dans la charmille aria, extracted from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann written by Jacques Offenbach, in the series.

[18][19] On 31 March 2023, Zhan formally debuted as a Cantopop solo artist with her single Reminiscence: Distance [zh] (沒有你的新學期), a song about friendship and love in secondary school life with its music video filmed at the ICQM, her alma mater.

[27] Being a candidate of the 2024 HKDSE, Zhan announced in April 2024 that she has been accepted to admission with an entrance scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.