Zhu began competing nationally in triple jump in 2015 and reached elite level in the 2017 outdoor season. He jumped to win the national title at the Chinese Athletics Championships, then set a new best of to defeat Olympic medallist Dong Bin and Asian Games champion Cao Shuo at the National Games of China. The standard of competition was lower at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, which he won a gold medal at with a clearance of .