Born in Li County, Hebei Province in June 1957, ethnic Han. University graduate. Mr. Zhang entered the workforce in 1975 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1983. He is currently Vice Minister and member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

1975-1976 Worker, Voltage Transformer Factory of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

1976-1978 Educated youth, Shangqiu County, Henan Province

1978-1983 Student of Arabic language, Department of Asian and African Languages, Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages (now Beijing Foreign Studies University)

1983-1984 Staff member, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

1984-1985 Staff member, Chinese Embassy in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

1985-1988 Attaché, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA

1988-1992 Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Chinese Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman

1992-1997 Deputy Director, First Secretary, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA

1997-2001 First Secretary, Counselor, Chinese Embassy in the State of Israel

2001-2006 Deputy Director-General, General Office, MFA

2006-2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Republic of Kenya, Permanent Representative to UNEP and Permanent Representative to UN-Habitat

2009-2010 Director-General, Department of African Affairs, MFA

2010-2011 Director-General, General Office, MFA

2011-2013 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (student of the advanced training program of the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC for provincial and ministerial officials from November 2011 to January 2012)

2013- Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Zhang is married with a son.