In his first senior competition for China he equalled the meet record of 7.75 seconds to take the gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. He did not match this form outdoors, however, and ended the season with a 110 m hurdles best time of 13.72 seconds and came sixth at the Chinese Athletics Championships. He ran on the Asian Athletics Grand Prix outdoor circuit in 2010 and improved his best by a margin of 0.2 seconds to win the Jiaxing leg. He gained selection for the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen and took the 110 m hurdles silver medal behind Hansle Parchment with a time of 13.55 seconds. He was chosen to participate at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was held one week later, competing for China on the world stage for the first time. In his first heat he ran a personal best of 13.47 seconds to take second place behind David Oliver. He was slower in the semi-final, however, being eliminated after coming seventh. Two weeks later in Hefei he reached the podium at the National Championships for the first time, taking third place.