国务院港澳事务办公室
He continued as director of the Liaison Office till 2017, when he was promoted to director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. He was demoted, in February 2020, during the widespread anti-government protests and the COVID-19 pandemic affecting Hong Kong, to a deputy directorship of that office. Zhang is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.