[1] She started playing badminton in 2003, claimed the Jiangsu province title in the singles and doubles category in 2006 and 2007, then was selected to join the national team for the first time in 2010.

[3] She won her first senior international title at the BWF Super 500 tournament 2020 Malaysia Masters partnered with Li Wenmei.

[8] Zheng and Zhang also reached the quarter-finals in the India, Swiss, and Indonesia Opens.

In August, Zheng and Zhang finished as semi-finalists in the BWF World Championships, losing to their compatriots and eventual champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.

[9] Women's doubles Women's doubles The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).