Xuan Zhang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Zhang is the co-partner of Beijing Shanghe Shiji Investment Co. Ltd., where he has over ten years of experience in Private Equity and Venture Capital investment, investment banking and equity management.  Previously, he worked as the Vice President at CITIC Capital Holding Ltd., Hong Kong where he managed a 1.6 billion RMB private equity fund.  Prior to his entrance into working in the capital market, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China.  Zhang received his MBA degree from Peking University, a Masters Degree in Finance from Fordham University and his Bachelors Degree of Literature from Beijing Foreign Study University.