He began 2014 as he had the previous year, setting a personal best indoors in Nanjing with a jump of . He improved further outdoors, clearing at a national level meeting in Jinhua – a mark which ranked him in the top 15 globally for the season and Asia's second best man after compatriot Li Jinzhe. In his first major competition he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games, beaten by Li and Korean Kim Deok-hyeon. He ended the season with his first national title win at the Chinese Athletics Championships.