Zhu played as a regular starter at the striker position and scored nine goals as Shanghai was promoted to the second tier in the 2007 season.
On 29 September 2012, Zhu scored a goal for Shanghai in a 3-0 win against Harbin Yiteng which was enough to secure the club promotion to the top flight.
[3] They would bring in Ghanaian international forward Asamoah Gyan in the 2015 Chinese Super League.
[4] This resulted in significantly less playing time for Zhu and on 22 June 2016 he was loaned to China League One side Meizhou Hakka until 31 December 2016.
[9] He would go on to establish himself as regular within the team and was part of the squad that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.