Zou's second international event was at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship where he and team mate Li Xue represented China.

The pair finished the round robin with a 5–2 record, and won their qualification game against Finland to make the playoffs.

His first WCT tour event win as a skip came at the 2012 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic where he beat Brent Gedak in the final.

The team won another gold medal at the 2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and represented China at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing in fourth place.

After going 6-2 after the round robin, the team would defeat hosts Australia in the semifinal but would lose to the Koreans in the final.