Zhang Zining (born March 9, 1996), known by her stage name Zining, is a Chinese singer. She was the main vocalist of Chinese girl group MERA before taking part in the survival show Produce 101 China. She debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101 after finishing seventh on the show. Zining officially graduated from Rocket Girls 101 on June 23, 2020, 2 years after their formation. She now pursues a solo career.
Zining was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. She majored in Music Performing (Vocal Performing) at the Communication University of China and graduated in June 2020.
On August 16, 2017, Zining was officially introduced as a member of 5-member Chinese girl group MERA under Mavericks Entertainment during a debut launch event in Beijing and the group released their first mini album "".
In 2018, Zining participated in the Chinese reality survival girl group show Produce 101 aired from April 21 to June 23 on Tencent Video. She finished seventh with 107,630,613 votes and successfully debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101.
On August 9, 2018, Mavericks Entertainment released a statement with Yuehua Entertainment that Zining will be withdrawing from Rocket Girls 101 along with bandmates Meiqi and Xuanyi. However, on August 17, 2018, it was announced that they will be returning to the group after discussions with Tencent.
On January 27, 2019, Zining released her first self-composed song "" as the ending theme song for Rocket Girls 101's variety show "" (Rampage to the Next Stop). She subsequently released three soundtracks, "" as an ending theme song for drama "å¤å¼Â" (Legend of the Phoenix) on May 28, 2019, "" as an official cover of popular children's song on June 5, 2019, and "" as a promotional theme song for drama "é¿å®ÂÃ¥ÂÂäºÂæ¶辰" (The Longest Day in Chang'an) on July 3, 2019, which was well received. As part of Rocket Girls 101's second album "", Zining released her solo song "" on July 12, 2019, in which she composed the lyrics for.
On February 8, 2020, Zining released "" as an ending theme song for drama "" (The Love Lasts Two Minds) and a week later on February 15, 2020, she released "" as an insert song for drama "å°Â主ä¸Âæ ¢è¡Â" (I've Fallen for You).
After graduating from Rocket Girls 101 on June 23, 2020, Zining now pursues a solo career.
Zining subsequently announced her first solo album "" (MORE) which consists of 12 songs that were released sequentially from 2020 to 2021. On July 14, 2020, she released "" as a preview song for her solo album. The second song from the album, "", was released on August 12, 2020, and features renowned singer A-Lin. The next three songs, "", "" and "" were released as an EP on September 6, 2020. Subsequently, the next three songs, "", "" and "" were released on November 4, 2020, December 6, 2020, and December 22, 2020, respectively. In 2021, Zining released the ninth song on her first solo album, "" on January 9 in which she composed the lyrics for and the tenth song "Blue Eyes" on January 31 in which she composed for her cat named Airy. The eleventh song which she composed the lyrics for, "", was released on March 7, 2021. On March 28, 2021, the last song in which Zining composed, "", was released.
Other than songs from her own solo album, Zining released various official song covers and soundtracks for Chinese dramas and mobile games. Zining released an official cover of "" on July 4, 2020, as part of the "Reset Youth Project" and an official cover of "" on August 23, 2020, as part of the "Record Project" by NetEase Music. On July 29, 2020, she released "" as an insert song for drama "" (Cross Fire). On November 11, 2020, Zining released "" as an ending theme song for drama "" (Target Person) and on November 29, 2020, she released "" as a promotional theme song for drama "" (To Love).
In 2021, Zining released "" as an insert song for drama "" (Vacation of Love) on January 17 and "" as an insert song for drama "" (The Blessed Girl) on January 25. On February 1, 2021, she released "Fight For Love" as a theme song for Chinese mobile game "Game for Peace"and on February 4, 2021, she released "" as a theme song for Chinese mobile game "Xuan Yuan Sword: Long Wu Yun Shan". On February 6, 2020, Zining released "" as an ending theme song for drama "" (Make My Heart Smile) and on February 19, 2020, she released "" as an insert song for drama "" (My Heroic Husband). On March 27, 2021, Zining released "" as an insert song for drama "" (No Boundary) and on May 15, 2021, she released "I wanna see you now" as an ending theme song for drama "" (Ugly Beauty). She then released "" as a theme song for drama "" (Truth or Dare) on June 3, 2021.
In the second half of the year on July 18, 2021, she released "After You " as an ending theme song for drama "" (Silent Evidence). On September 8, 2021, she released an official cover of "" and on November 15, 2021, she released another official cover of "". Subsequently, on November 18, 2021, she released "" as a theme song for drama "" (Beautiful Girl With Light Make-up) and on November 29, 2021, she released "" as an insert song for drama "" (The Memory About You). Zining then released "" under the "Game Project" on December 16, 2021, and "" as the theme song for drama "" (The Flowers Are Blooming) on December 22, 2021.
In 2022, Zining announced the launch of her second solo album, "Rec. X". She released the first song titled " (Remaining)" on January 26, 2022, and the second song titled "" on February 28, 2022. She released the third song, " (The Poison)" on her birthday on March 9, 2022, and fourth song, "Flee" on April 22, 2022. On May 31, 2022, she released the fifth song " (Freedom)" and on July 9, 2022, she released her self-composed song named "2 SiX". On August 9, 2022, Zining released the seventh song "230am".
On February 20, 2022, Zining released "" as a single. She then released "" as an ending theme song for drama "" (Binary Love) on May 27, 2022, and "" as an ending theme song for drama "" (Wife's Choice) on June 5, 2022.
On July 21, 2022, she released an official cover of "" and on August 4, 2022, she released another official cover of "". Zining then released "" as an insert song for drama "" on August 10, 2022, and "" as a promotional theme song for drama "" on August 31, 2022. On September 13, 2022, she released "" as an opening theme song for drama "".
Subsequently, Zining released more songs. In 2023 and 2024, she appeared on variety shows Magical Musical Exercise Room, Wonderland Junior Season 2 and Came for You as a regular cast member. She also sang the song " (Don't Listen)" in the 2024 video game '.
In 2025, she continues releasing more original soundtracks for popular dramas such as "" for "" and "" for "".