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Zhang Yan (November 18, 1963 -), native of Neijiang, Sichuan, is a Chinese oil painting artist, documentary director, and founder of Guanyi.com. Two of his oil paintings, "Iron Rod Lama" (1993) and "Arms" (2013), are permanently collected by the Vatican Museums. They are the first works by a living artist to be permanently collected by the Vatican Museums.

Zhang Yuquan (1879-1953), courtesy name Changyun, male, was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. He studied at Tianjin Beiyang University, Tokyo Imperial University, and the University of California. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in law from Yale University. From July 1918 to January 1920, he served as the principal of Tsinghua University, counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government, and director of the Peking Library.

Zhang Ailing (September 30, 1920 - September 8, 1995), whose real name is Zhang Yong and pen name Liang Jing, is a writer born in Shanghai. From 1943 to 1945, she became famous in Shanghai literary circles. In 1952, she moved to Hong Kong and later to the United States. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, her works were rediscovered by scholars such as Xia Zhiqing, making her one of the most popular and respected writers in the Chinese-speaking world.

Zhang Ruimin (January 5, 1949 -) was born in Laizhou, Shandong. Male, Han nationality. He joined the Communist Party of China in September 1976 and started working in November 1968. He graduated from the Department of Management Science of the University of Science and Technology of China with a major in business administration. He has an on-the-job postgraduate degree, a master's degree and is a senior economist. Alternate member of the 16th, 17th and 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zhang Ruimin is the CEO and founder of the well-known brand Haier. In 1999, he was selected as one of the "Thirty Most Admired Entrepreneurs in the World" by the Financial Times.

Zhang Yitang (February 5, 1955 -), a native of Shanghai, originally from Pinghu, Zhejiang, is a Chinese-American mathematician whose research field is analytic number theory. On April 17, 2013, he published an article in "Annals of Mathematics" related to the twin prime conjecture "Bounded Intervals between Prime Numbers", which proved for the first time that there are infinite pairs of prime numbers with finite gaps (the specific gap is less than 70 million, see Prime Number Difference). In 2016, he was invited by President Yang Zuyou to join the University of California, Santa Barbara as a tenured professor in the Department of Mathematics. In June 2025, he moved his family back to China, joined Sun Yat-sen University full-time, and was employed by the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study of Sun Yat-sen University. Zhang Yitang dropped out of school due to political reasons since childhood. In 1978, he was admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Peking University to receive undergraduate and postgraduate education. In the 1980s, he went to the United States to complete his doctoral thesis at Purdue University. During this period, he was assigned to study algebraic geometry with Mo Zongjian, which he was not interested in. After graduating with a Ph.D., I did not receive a recommendation letter from my supervisor, and I relied on doing odd jobs to make a living for a long time. I once worked as a cashier in a fast food restaurant, a Chinese food delivery person, and odd jobs in motels. Later, with the help of alumni, he obtained a lecturer position at the University of New Hampshire. He has not given up his research in the field of number theory. The Annals of Mathematics usually reviews manuscripts for two years, and his paper passed peer review within five weeks, setting a record for the fastest acceptance time in the 130 years since its founding. The proof that the gap between prime numbers is bounded has attracted the attention of scholars in the field of prime number research.

Zhang Lei (December 12, 1972 -), a native of Zhumadian, Henan Province, is a Chinese businessman and investor.

Zhang Zimu (January 6, 2008 -), a native of Lu'an City, Anhui Province, is an actor, model and child star in Mainland China.

Zhang Jike (February 16, 1988 -), a native of Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a former Chinese table tennis player. Formerly ranked No. 1 in the world in men's singles (June to December 2012), he won a total of 4 Olympic medals (3 gold and 1 silver) and 11 World Championship medals (7 gold and 1 silver) in all events including team competition, doubles, singles, and mixed doubles. 3 bronze), 7 World Cup medals (6 gold and 1 silver), including the men's singles gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games, the men's singles gold medal at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships, and the men's singles gold medal at the 2011 and 2014 World Cup. He is the fourth men's Grand Slam player in table tennis, and he has completed this feat in the shortest time (445 days) among all Grand Slam male and female players so far.

Louis Cheung Kai-chung (English: Louis Cheung Kai-chung, January 11, 1980 -), Hong Kong male singer, composer, record producer and actor. He has performed in more than 20 stage plays, including starring Stanley Kowalnski in the classic A Streetcar Named Desire. Former Hong Kong TVB basic artist contract artist. In 2022, he was nominated for the Best Actor at the 59th Golden Horse Awards for the movie "The Dust on the Narrow Road"; in 2023, he was nominated for the Best Actor at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards for this film, and won the Best Actor at the 29th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. This award became his first Best Actor Award.

Zhang Yixing (English: Lay Zhang, Korean: Zhang Yixing, October 7, 1991 -), formerly known as Zhang Jiashai, stage name Lay (Korean: ray, Romanized: Re I), is a male singer, songwriter, music producer, dancer, actor, and founder and president of an entertainment group in mainland China. Zhang Yixing was born in Changsha, Hunan. When he was a child, he was a child star and participated in TV series and various variety shows. The most well-known thing is that he participated in the talent competition program "Star Academy" organized by Hunan Economic Television in 2005 and won the third place in the finals. In 2008, he passed the selection of SM Casting System and became a trainee under the South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment. In 2012, he debuted as a member of the Korean boy group EXO and the Chinese sub-unit EXO-M, serving as the lead dancer and sub-vocalist in the team. In 2015, Zhang Yixing established Zhang Yixing Studio in China and began to focus on the development of his personal film and television career. He was the first SM Entertainment artist to obtain the right to open and independent development in China. In 2016, Zhang Yixing created and released his first solo mini-album "Lose Control" and broke various records on domestic and foreign music charts. In 2018, his second official solo album "NAMANANA" released, ranked No. 21 on the Billboard 200 weekly album chart (the best result achieved by a Chinese singer on this list), No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums and No. 4 on the year-end list (the highest-ranking solo singer on the list), and No. 1 on the US Independent Albums and No. 34 on the year-end list. Zhang Yixing himself also ranked second on the World Albums Artists year-end list. He is the only Chinese singer on the list and has the best performance among solo singers on the list. The album is also the best-selling digital album in China in 2018. As of 2025, Zhang Yixing has created and released more than 200 music works, including 6 regular albums and 6 EPs. In terms of film and television, Zhang Yixing has participated in many movies and TV series and won the 4th Chinese-British Film Best Supporting Actor for "The Ex 2: The Spare Tire Strikes Back". He won the 25th Huading Award for Best Supporting Actor for "A Good Show". He was nominated for the 37th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor for "Desperate" and won the 38th Tokyo Film Festival for "Silent Love".

Zhang Yimou (April 2, 1950 -), Chinese director and actor. In 1987, he played the protagonist of "Old Well" and won the Best Actor at the Tokyo Film Festival. He later became a leading figure in the fifth generation of directors. His early films were often based on his hometown of Shaanxi and the Guanzhong dialect. His representative works include "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "Alive", "Raise the Red Lantern", "My Father and Mother" and "Return". In addition to films, he also directed the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Sylvia Chang, formerly known as Sylvia Chang (July 21, 1953-), is a Taiwanese actress, screenwriter, director, and singer. She served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the 6th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (2014-2018) and as an unofficial member of the Hong Kong Film Development Council (April 1, 2019-March 31, 2025). Sylvia Chang won the Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards twice and the Best Actress at the Golden Horse Awards three times. In 2018, she became the Best Actress and Lifetime Achievement Award winner at the Asian Film Awards. In 2021, she won the 22nd National Arts Award.

Zhang Heng (78-139), courtesy name Pingzi, was a native of Xi'e County, Nanyang County (now south of Nanzhao County, Nanyang City, Henan Province). He was a scholar-bureaucrat of the Eastern Han Dynasty, an astronomer, geographer, mathematician, scientist, inventor and writer. He held the rank of Taishi Ling, Shizhong and Shangshu. Zhang Heng made extraordinary achievements in his life. He made a water-driven armillary sphere, invented a seismometer and compass that can detect the direction of earthquake sources, discovered the causes of solar and lunar eclipses, drew a star map recording 2,500 stars, and calculated pi accurately. To one decimal place, he explained and established the cosmology of Hun Tian Theory; in terms of literature, he created poetry works such as "Er Jing Fu" and "Guitian Fu", which expanded the style and subject matter of Han Fu, and was listed as one of the "Four Masters of Han Fu". He created the poetic genre of seven-character ancient poetry and made great contributions to Chinese culture.

Zhang Yi (February 17, 1978 -), whose real name is Zhang Yi, is a native of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. He is a film and television actor in mainland China and a first-class actor.

Zhang Jialong (born May 22, 1988), a native of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, is a former editor of Tencent Financial Channel. He is an active Twitter user and blogger. He once reported on the demolition of Ai Weiwei's studio, and has followed and reported on rights defenders such as Zhao Lianhai.

Cheung Tat Ming (July 2, 1964 -), male, Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and director. In 2020, he won the "Best Supporting Actor" at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Mai Lu Ren".

Zhang Jindong (March 28, 1963 -) was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and his ancestral home is Tianchang, Anhui. He is a Chinese entrepreneur, founder of Suning Cloud Commerce Group, and former chairman and CEO.

Zhang Yusheng (June 7, 1966 - November 12, 1997), a Taiwanese male singer, songwriter and music producer, graduated from the Department of Foreign Affairs of National Chengchi University. He is famous in the Chinese music scene for his high and clear voice and ever-changing creative talents, so he is known as the "Music Magician". In the early morning of October 20, 1997, Zhang Yusheng was involved in a car accident in Tamsui Town, Taipei County due to fatigue driving; he passed away on November 12 after being in a coma for 24 days at the age of 31. In 1998, he won the "Best Pop Music Vocal Recording Award" at the 9th Golden Melody Award for his last Mandarin album "Duplicity" released before his death. In 2017, 20 years after his death, he won the "Special Contribution Award" posthumously awarded by the 28th Golden Melody Awards.

Chang Chen (October 14, 1976 -), Taiwanese actor. At the age of 14, he starred in his first movie, "The Murder of the Boys on Kuling Street," and later starred in movies such as "Happy Together," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "The Best of Us," "Wu Qingyuan," "Red Cliff," and "The Grandmaster." In 2021 and 2025, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor twice with "Hunting Soul" and "The Road to Happiness" respectively. From 2026, he will take over as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.

Angela Chang (English: Angela Chang, January 19, 1982 -), Taiwanese female singer and actress. In 1999, he participated in the singing competition "Chinese Broadcasting Star" in Canada and won the championship, and then returned to Taiwan to develop. In 2002, she starred in the idol drama "MVP Lover" as the heroine and began to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry. On January 6, 2004, he released his first album "Over The Rainbow" and officially debuted as a singer. As a singer and songwriter, she was nominated twice for the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer and the Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in a Drama Program.

Zhang Junxiang (December 27, 1910 - November 13, 1996), pen name Yuan Jun, male, native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, film director and screenwriter of the People's Republic of China.

Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, SBS, JP (English: Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, 1959-), is currently the president of St. Francis University. He was the president and chair professor of public policy at the Education University of Hong Kong, and the dean and chair professor of finance at the School of Business Administration at Hong Kong Baptist University. His wife, Christine Cappio (Zhang Xueting), is French and came to Hong Kong in 1986. Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in July 2019.

Maggie Cheung Ho Yee (English: Maggie Cheung Ho Yee; March 20, 1969 -), a Hong Kong female artist, a former Hong Kong Wireless Television (TVB) and Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) contract artist, was once hailed as "one of the five leading TVB actresses in the millennium." In 2003, in the "Thousands of Stars Awards Ceremony 2003", Zhang Keyi defeated Charmaine Sheh to win "My Favorite Actress of the Year" with her role as Lu Siniang in "The Supremes", which is currently the best actress award. After completing her contract with TVB in 2012, she switched to Hong Kong Television Network. In December 2013, he became free after his contract with Hong Kong TV Network expired.

Jang Won Young (Korean: Wonyoung Jang, Romanized: Jang Won Young, August 31, 2004 -) is a Korean idol star, KPOP female singer and a member of the Korean STARSHIP entertainment girl group IVE. She serves as the vocalist in the team. She was once a member of the limited girl group IZ*ONE.