Zhang, male, a native of Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province, studied in the Philosophy Department of Peking University and the Philosophy Department of Renmin University of China successively, and obtained a doctorate in philosophy from 65438 to 0994. At present, he is the executive dean, full-time professor, philosophy/religion professor and doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Buddhism and Religion of China Renmin University. He is also a director of the Chinese Religious Society, a special researcher at the Buddhist Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, an academic member of the China Buddhist Culture Institute and a member of the Haidian District Political Consultative Conference. He has been to Korea, Japan, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province for academic exchanges and lectures.