He is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
[1] Zhang was born in Anda, Heilongjiang, in 1982.
After graduating from Daqing Petroleum Institute (now Northeast Petroleum University) in 2008, he became a member of the 15567 Drilling Team of the 2nd Drilling Company of PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Drilling Engineering Company.
In 2018, he was chosen as captain of the 1205 Drilling Team.
On 22 October 2022, he was selected as an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, becoming the youngest among them.