He graduated from the correspondence school of Party School of the CPC Central Committee, with a major in economic management.

Previous positions:

Member of Longyan prefecture Party committee, and head of Longyan publicity department.

Vice secretary of Fujian provincial communist Youth League committee

Secretary of Fujian provincial communist Youth League committee

Member of Sanming municipal standing Party committee

Vice mayor of Sanming municipal government

Deputy secretary general of Fujian provincial government

Party group secretary of Fujian provincial development and reform committee

Director of Fujian provincial development and reform committee

In Jan 2008, Zhang became vice governor of Fujian provincial government

Responsibilities:

He assists in areas such as development and reform, key construction projects, territorial resources, civil administration, transportation, statistics, price, finance, and coastal defense. He also assists the governor in auditing.

Zhang is responsible for the following departments: Fujian provincial development and reform committee, Fujian provincial territorial resources department, Fujian provincial civil affairs department, Fujian provincial transportation department, Fujian provincial statistics bureau, Fujian provincial price bureau, Fujian provincial sea defense and management committee office, Fujian provincial transportation office, Fujian provincial railway construction office, Fujian provincial machinery equipment bureau, Fujian provincial investment projects assessment center, Fujian provincial economic information center and Fujian provincial key construction leading team.