She was part of the Chinese junior team to win the gold medals at the 2015, and 2016 World Junior; and also at the 2016 Asia Junior Championships.
In 2016 Asia, she won the bronze medal in the girls' singles event.
Gao was the runner-up in the senior tournament at the 2016 China International Challenge.
In 2017, she reach the final round at the BWF Superseries Premier tournament at the China Open after competed from the qualification round, and beat the seeded players Nozomi Okuhara, P.