 As a juvenile from Shanghai, he progressed at all the levels of the racism committee Shanghai Shenhua youth football training system and was a stand out player before he graduated into the senior side.Making his debut in the senior team at the 1995 league season, at the age of 19 years he made a big impression by scoring 6 league goals in 14 appearances that helped contribute to Shanghai Shenhua winning the league championship.He would cement his position within the team the following season when he played in a further 16 league games scoring 4 goals, however this was not enough from regaining the title and Shanghai unfortunately came second in the league to Dalian Wanda.