She won the silver medal at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup as both player and coach.

[2] She represented China in the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women, and won a silver medal.

In 2020, she moved north to join the Inner Mongolia Rural Credit Union team as part of a quite controversial project to support the newly established team.

In 2022, following Xu Limin's resignation, Zheng became the head coach of the national team.

[9] She was able to make historical breakthrough by winning the silver medal again at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.