Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 2000 ya taka leda a gasar Olympics ta farko
a Istanbul, inda ya ci 5.5/9. A watan Fabrairun 2000, ya sami ƙa'idar GM ta farko a 1st Asabar GM Tournament a Budapest tare da maki 7/10. Ya cimma matsayinsa na biyu na GM a gasar zakarun kasar Sin a watan Afrilun 2001 a Suzhou tare da ci 6.5/10. An cimma matsayinsa na GM na uku a gasar Tan Chin Nam Cup tare da ci 6.5/9 a Qingdao a watan Yulin 2002. A wasan kolin China da Amurka na shekarar 2001, Ni Hua ya sami nasarori masu ban mamaki a kan Dmitry Schneider da Hikaru Nakamura.