Zhang's first international appearance took place in the Short Track World Cup 2008/09 . Of her first four World Cup races, she ran three over the 1000-meter distance and one on the 1500-meter distance. While she only finished eleventh over 1500 meters, she barely missed the podium over 1000 meters, including fourth. After the second World Cup in November 2008, she is therefore in fourth place in the 1000-meter overall World Cup. With the relay she was also used in both World Cup victories, so that she was also part of the team that set a new relay world record in the first World Cup. In addition to her, Wang Meng , Liu Qiuhong and Zhou Yang also belonged to this team.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhang is the family name here, Hui is the first name.