Combined with teaching practice and theoretical discussion, Zhang Jinchuan has long tracked and studied the development trend of international shale gas, and systematically analyzed the related problems of shale gas in China. He is one of the earliest explorers who began to introduce and systematically study shale gas in China. For more than ten years, he has led graduate students to consult hundreds of articles and translated hundreds of original shale gas articles; Led the shale gas field investigation team and conducted hundreds of thousands of miles of field investigation and research in the south, northeast, northwest and southeast of China; Lead the shale gas experimental research team to carry out a variety of experimental tests and analysis work, such as organic geochemistry, reservoir physical characteristics, gas analysis, stress parameter testing, field analysis and so on. Leading the shale gas research team of China Geo University (Beijing) to tackle key problems jointly, undertaking dozens of shale gas research projects and publishing dozens of papers related to shale gas; Lead the shale gas comprehensive research team to create various cooperative research opportunities, and establish extensive cooperative research relationships (including experimental analysis methods and technologies) with many shale gas research units, institutions and related enterprises and companies at home and abroad; Leading the backbone teachers of Energy College to build an energy experimental center with wide professional coverage, complete experimental categories, giving consideration to teaching and scientific research, and highlighting the cultivation of innovative talents and high-tech output.