The official resume shows that Zhang Xiaotie was born in 1952. He used to be the deputy director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the deputy director and director of the Economic Regulation and Communication Clearing Department of the Ministry of Information Industry, and later transferred to the assistant to the president of China Netcom Group and the general manager of the Planning and Finance Department. In the second half of 2003, he was promoted to deputy general manager of China Netcom Group, and served as executive director of China Netcom Group (HK) Co., Ltd. with the title of senior economist. 1989, graduated from Tsinghua University with a master degree in management engineering.