Junior 2017 Qi competed at the senior-level
2017 Chinese National Championships, where she qualified in 16th place to the all-around final with the top vault score in the qualification round. She placed second in the team final representing the
Beijing provincial team and also placed second in the vault final behind
Liu Jinru. Qi was the only gymnast in the final to earn an execution score above 9.000 on either vault, which she achieved on her double-twisting
Yurchenko (DTY).
2018 Qi won the gold medal as part of the Chinese team with
He Licheng,
Tang Xijing,
Yin Sisi, and
Zhao Shiting at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships in
Jakarta,
Indonesia. Individually, she won the all-around ahead of Zhao and
Lee Yun-seo of
South Korea, as well as both vault and floor. At the
2018 Chinese National Championships, Qi tied with
Liu Jinru for the title on vault. She also won a second consecutive silver with the
Beijing team and placed fourth in the floor final behind
Liu, Yin Sisi, and Zhao Shiting.
Senior 2019 Qi made her senior international debut as a member of the Chinese team at the
2019 City of Jesolo Trophy with
Liu Tingting,
Tang Xijing, and
Zhang Jin, where they won the silver medal behind the
United States. She individually placed twelfth in the all-around and won bronze on floor behind Americans
Sunisa Lee and
Emma Malabuyo. At the
2019 Chinese National Championships, Qi qualified in seventh place to the all-around final, third place to the vault final, and fifth place to the beam final. During the team final, which also served as the all-around final, Qi and
Tang Xijing led the
Beijing provincial team to a third consecutive silver medal. Qi recorded the top vault and floor scores of the day and landed the
Silivas (double-twisting double tuck) skill on floor exercise for the first time in competition. Individually, Qi improved her ranking from qualifications to finish sixth all-around. In event finals, Qi upgraded her second vault to a
Chusovitina to win the silver medal behind
Liu Jinru and won bronze on beam behind junior
Ou Yushan and Tang. In September, after recording the top floor score at the final internal test, Qi was named to the Chinese team for the
2019 World Championships in
Stuttgart,
Germany alongside
Chen Yile,
Li Shijia,
Liu Tingting,
Tang Xijing, and alternate
Zhang Jin.
2020 Qi competed at the
2020 Chinese National Championships in September. In the qualification round, which also served as the team final, she qualified in 5th place to the all-around final and in first place to both the vault and floor exercise finals. Qi and
Tang Xijing led the Beijing provincial team to a fourth consecutive team silver medal. In the all-around final, Qi hit four routines cleanly to move up the rankings and win the bronze medal behind
Liu Tingting and
Wei Xiaoyuan. She recorded the highest score of the night on floor exercise by a wide margin after sticking her opening Silivas and introducing a one-and-a-half twist through to triple twist second tumbling pass, and recorded the second-highest vault score behind
Zhang Jin. In event finals, Qi won gold on vault ahead reigning
Asian champion Yu Linmin and three-time and reigning national vault champion
Liu Jinru. Qi recorded the highest difficulty score (5.8 for her
Chusovitina) and the highest execution score (9.000 for her DTY) among all competitors. On the last day of competition, which coincided with her 17th birthday, Qi won her first national floor exercise title ahead of
Wu Ran and
Lu Yufei. Qi was the most decorated gymnast of the competition with two gold medals, a silver, and a bronze. == Selected competitive skills ==