Zhang is also a delegate to the 11th, 12th, and 13th National People's Congress.

Zhang has made outstanding contributions to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

[1] In 2005, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).

With the approval of the Central Guidance Team, he and 208 other experts formed a TCM medical team, and started treating patients in Jiangxia Fangcang Hospital, Wuhan.

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