 After a successful tour of Japan, winning at the Osaka Grand Prix, Shizuoka International Meet and Oda Memorial, she became China's choice for the East Asian Games – she was a silver medallist in the 5000 m, having narrowly lost to Harumi Hiroyama.In her last major outing, she placed ninth in the 5000 m final at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics.She failed to perform well at the 1997 Chinese National Games and shortly after made her debut over the marathon distance, taking ninth at the Dalian Marathon with a time of 2