[1] She is a two-time silver medalist at the Summer Paralympics and has been world champion in the women's up-to-73kg competition.

Like her fellow athlete Song Lingling her disability in her legs is due to polio.

[2] Xu also competed in the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships where she took silver[3] and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.

[4] She won the silver medal in the women's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan[5] behind Mariana D'Andrea of Brazil.

A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.