He established himself among China's best throwers the following year, having a personal best of 77.20 m at the Good Luck Beijing Olympic test event.

He did not achieve the qualifying standard for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Chen Qi (the reigning Asian champion) was China's sole representative in the men's javelin.

[2] He ended the season with a personal best of 79.62 metres at the 2009 East Asian Games, which brought him the silver medal behind fellow Chinese Qin Qiang.

[3] In May 2010 he edged closer to eighty metres with a best of 79.80 m to win the Kunshan leg of the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix.

This earned him a debut at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, though he did not breach the 80-metre mark then a failed to make the final.