President Hu Jintao appointed Zhang Chinese ambassador to Indonesia in August 2008, according to a decision of the 11th National People's Congress.
[1] Zhang was director of the Organ Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Communist Party [zh] in 2011, and held that office until 2014.
In July 2014, Zhang was appointed minister-counselor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations [zh].
She held the position for only four months; in December she was made consul-general of the People's Republic of China in New York [zh].
[2][3][4] In August 2018, Zhang was named Chinese ambassador to Greece, according to the 13th National People's Congress discision, a post she held from 2018 until 2021.