[1] This gained him selection for the 1990 Asian Games, held in his hometown of Beijing, and he cleared 2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in) to take the gold medal, seeing off a challenge from both national rival Liu and Japan's Takahisa Yoshida.

This win made it three straight victories for China in that event, as Zhu Jianhua had won the previous two editions.

[1] He regained his place as the continent's top jumper by winning the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships in July, getting the better of Lee Jin-Taek of South Korea and Malaysian Loo Kum Zee.

[5] He attempted to take his second continental title of the year at the 1998 Asian Games but his jump of 2.23 m (7 ft 3+3⁄4 in) in the final was not enough to beat Lee and he finished with a silver medal.

[1] He narrowly missed out on a gold medal on countback at the 2001 Chinese National Games, coming second in a final where all the medallists achieved the same height of 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in).