Dr. Zhang Wei was born in July 1958 in Ju County, Shandong Province. He graduated from the College of Accounting, Shanghai Finance and Economic University, and the Law School of Yale University. He has a Doctor��s degree in administration and has been entitled Professor.

     Starting to work in August 1975, he was sent to the countryside and later worked in a factory. From 1983, he successively served as Deputy Secretary General of the Student Federation of Shandong Province, Deputy Secretary-general of the Party Committee of Wenshang County in Shandong, Deputy Provincial Secretary-general of Shandong Youth League, Vice Chairman of Shandong Youth Federation and concurrently Chairman of Junior Entrepreneurs�� Association of Shandong Province. From 1991 onward, he successively served as Director of Agriculture Finance, Department of Finance and Taxation in Hainan Province, Deputy Director General of the Department and concurrently Head of Xinghua Company; Deputy Director General of Hainan Provincial Bureau of Revenue. In January 1991, he was appointed as the Executive Deputy Director General of the Agriculture Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation. In June 1996, he was promoted to be the Director General of the General Office of the State Administration of Taxation. In August 2003, he became Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Chamber of International Commerce.

     Concurrently, he is Chairman of the New Exhibition Center Project Company, Executive Director of the China Taxation Society, Director of China Finance Society, Executive Director of China Law Society (Law of Finance and Taxation), and Panelist on the Doctor Steering Team of the Law School of Peking University. He focuses his study on macroeconomics, finance, taxation, investment and accounting, authoring a number of books and essays in the fields.