Early career Chang Bingyu was born in
Golmud,
Qinghai on 8 August 2002. Chang Bingyu also received wildcard invitations to the
World Open (where he beat
Jimmy Robertson), the
Shanghai Masters, the
China Championship (beating Robertson and
Robert Milkins), the
International Championship and the
China Open (where he beat
Mark Davis). In 2019 Chang had finished at the top of the China amateur rankings, thus qualifying for the World Snooker tour for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. He moved to England with his father, where he was at first based at the Q House Academy in Darlington, and then later at the Victoria Snooker Academy in Sheffield.
2019/20 season Chang Bingyu's first match as a professional was a 4–2 win over
Ian Burns in a
Riga Masters qualifier. A visa issue meant that he was unable to travel to Riga to participate in the main event. Chang's best win of the season was against
Tom Ford in the
World Open. He produced a 120 total clearance in the
Shoot Out, which commentator
Neal Foulds said reminded him of
Mark Williams. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the season was suspended, and Chang returned to China. He decided not to return when the season resumed, and missed the
2020 World Snooker Championship. He finished the season ranked 103.
2020/21 season Chang began his second season needing some good results to retain his tour card. His best results came in the two most important tournaments. He reached the third round of the
UK Championship, beating
Sam Craigie and
Mark Allen before narrowly losing to
Zhou Yuelong 6–5. In the
World Championship he beat
Julien Leclercq and
Tom Ford before losing a high-quality 'Judgement Day' encounter with
Lyu Haotian 10–6, a match which contained 5 century breaks. Chang Bingyu finished the season ranked 69, but his position on the 1-year list meant he qualified for a new 2-year tour card. After the season, rather than returning to China, Chang chose to stay in Sheffield to work on his game.
2025–present In April 2025, he defeated
Ryan Thomerson to win the 2025 Asia-Pacific Snooker Championship and earn a two-year card for the
World Snooker Tour, starting with the
2025-26 snooker season. He made his professional return in June 2025 in the first round of qualifying for the
2025 Wuhan Open, defeating
Daniel Wells 5-4, having mounted a comeback from 4-1 down. In December, he reached the final of the
2025 Scottish Open but was defeated 29 by
Chris Wakelin. In February 2026 in the first round of the
2026 Welsh Open, Chang Bingyu became the first recorded snooker player to win a multi-frame professional match with a 100 percent pot success rate, that is, he potted 143 balls without a single missed pot in the match (barring any unreported instances). His whitewash of the more credentialed Shaun Murphy included four consecutive century breaks (130, 136, 119, 130) to amass 515 points to Murphy's 1 point. Three of his breaks were total clearances, with the 3rd frame a 14 red clearance after Murphy potted his lone red. Chang became the 3rd player to score 4 consecutive centuries in a best of 7 frame match joining Neil Robertson and Mark Allen. Chang then was beaten in the 2nd round of the
Welsh in a deciding frame match by
Jackson Page, thus also dropping out of the running leaving 3 others with the chance of taking out the
Betvictor Home Nations series bonus. Having hit a 147 maximum in qualifying for the UK Championship, he hit a second in the season in the penultimate qualifying round of the 2026 World Championship, when facing Belgian Luca Brecel. ==Personal life==