 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi mishoma gare gare akawedzera zita rechipiri remukati kune zvaakawana, achitora makwikwi ekusvetuka kure pa2008 Asian Indoor Athletics ChampionshipsmuDoha. Chen akanga ari bronze medalist paGood Luck Beijing test event, asi haana kuramba achikwikwidza pamakwikwi makuru pa2008 Beijing Olympics. Mwaka wake wa2009 wakatanga nehuwandu hwepamusoro hwemamita 6.57 padunhu reChinese. Akawana imwe zita renyika panze muna Chivabvu uye aive mumwe wevanodiwa pamitambo yegumi neimwe yeChinese National Games. Zvisinei, akazopedzisira ava nemenduru yesirivha pamitambo iyi, sezvo Lu Minjia ane makore gumi nematanhatu akabuda aine rekodhi yevechidiki vekuAsia kuti akunde makwikwi aya. Mwaka wake wakanakisa wekusvetuka wakauya muJinan muna Gumiguru, achibvisa 6.58 m, asi haana kukwanisa kusvika pakadai pa2009 Asian Athletics Championships, kwaaifanira kugutsikana nesirivheri kumashure kweFilipino Marestella Torres. 