She finished sixth at the Chinese Athletics Championships later that year.

Over 800 m she went undefeated nationally, winning twice on the Grand Prix circuit and taking the titles at both the Chinese Championships and the 11th Chinese National Games, setting a personal best of 2:03.00 minutes at the latter meeting.

[2] She also achieved a personal best of 4:13.32 minutes for the 1500 m, which brought her second place at the national championships.

[4] A sprint finish in the 800 m saw her edge Margarita Matsko to first place, making Zhou a double Asian middle-distance champion.

[5] Her form dropped in 2010 (she did not win a race nationally that year) and she skipped the 2011 season.