Zhang (1894— 1992), a native of Yiyang County (now Ziyang District), Hunan Province, is the chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and an overseas Chinese educator. 1894 was born in a remote mountain village in Yingfengqiao Township, Yiyang County. 19 15 was admitted to Hunan First Normal University. 19 19 Join the Xinmin Society founded by Mao Zedong and others. 1920, in order to improve the cultural level and social status of overseas Chinese and publicize the New Culture Movement in China, he was sent by Xinmin Society to teach at Daonan School in Singapore, and also taught at Huaqiao Middle School and Nanyang Girls' Middle School. Since then, he has started his overseas teaching career. 1922, left Singapore for Java, Indonesia, and served as the principal of North Jalan Chinese School for 5 years.