He also played for China (skipped by Wang Jinbo), throwing second rocks at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, picking up a silver medal.

On the World Curling Tour that season, Team Zou won the 2019 Black Diamond / High River Cash event.

[5] The next season, Xu was selected to be the lead on the Chinese men's team for the 2022 Winter Olympics, held in Beijing.

[6] The team also included skip Ma Xiuyue, Zou Qiang, Wang Zhiyu and Jiang Dongxu.

This included defeating higher-seeded teams such as Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, Norway's Steffen Walstad, and Italy's Joël Retornaz.