Xiaoyu Zhang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14. Zhang worked at China Huangqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation for 15 years, serving most recently as the director of the Human Resources Department.  Since 2010, he has served as the chairman of the board of Huanqiu Project Management (Beijing) Co. Ltd., which is a subsidiary of PetroChina. Zhang received his bachelor's degree in petroleum refining from Fushun Petroleum Institute and his MBA from Tsinghua University.