Former Deputy Director of the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee. He is now Executive Vice President of Chinese Society on the Research of the Figures in the History of CCP, the member of the Academic Committee at CFISS and Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS). Mr. Zhang is also Adjunct Professor at Peking University, Renmin University, and East China Normal University. He was Vice-Director of Party History Research Centre attached to The Central Committee of CPC, and elected as Representative of the 11th National Congress and Member of the Legal Committee of the National People's Congress from 2008 to 2013. He received his BA from Peking University in 1982, and MA from Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1986. Mr. Zhang has published many books and articles, such as Research on the Fundamental Thread of China’s Diplomacy in 20th Century, Historical Events of China’s Communist Party in New period, 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China, the Cold War and China.