Zhang Shiya's fruitful scientific research results have brought great social benefits. Since 2002, Professor Zhang Shiya has put forward six expert suggestions to the Ministry of Education, Chongqing CPPCC and Education Commission. Among them, Chongqing Education in the Western Development —— A Special Investigation Report on the Western Development of Chongqing CPPCC was adopted by Chongqing CPPCC. The Proposal on Promoting the "Renewal Project" of Education in Poverty-stricken Rural Areas of China was published in the Summary of Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education submitted by the General Office of the Ministry of Education to the National Science and Education Group and other decision-making departments and adopted by the Ministry of Education. Guangming Daily on April 6, 2004 and China Education Television on April 5, 2005 all made special reports on this matter, which were highly praised by the people in the Three Gorges reservoir area. In 2006, the report won the second prize of the fourth China University Humanities and Social Sciences Research Outstanding Achievement Award. After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the urgent need to activate caravans to save the Wenchuan earthquake was officially adopted by the Ministry of Education.

Since 1989, more than 50 masters and 40 doctors have been enrolled, including overseas students (doctors) 10; 7 postdoctoral fellows; Eight visiting scholars. After anonymous evaluation by experts, five doctoral students' papers were selected into the Proceedings of the 2004 National Doctoral Forum on Education and spoke at the conference (the number of selected speakers was 0/6 of the number of speakers at the conference); Doctoral students have won many awards, such as the second national doctoral forum on educational technology, the third prize of the third national award for outstanding achievements in educational science research. At the same time, he also combined postgraduate training with scientific research innovation, and established a 10 stereoscopic network field workstation in southwest ethnic areas, which integrates field investigation, data collection, academic research, information exchange, tracking and monitoring, network construction and teaching experiment, and explores a new way for the reform of postgraduate training mode.

Actively committed to academic exchanges at home and abroad. He has given lectures in more than 40 teaching and research institutions, including Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Macau, University of Zurich, University of Bern, Hanoi National University, University of East Asia in Korea, University of London, Malaysian Sect, etc. He participated in and organized more than 40 major international and domestic conferences. 1996 Attended the 8th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia and read a paper; 1997 participated in the international seminar on education between China and the United States and read the paper; From June 5, 2002 to 10, he was invited to attend the international seminar "China and the World's Sustained Peace and Progress". In 2005, he was invited to attend the 10th International Conference of the United States-China Education Federation organized by the United States-China Education Federation. In 2003, he presided over the "Sixth Annual Conference on Colonialism Studies and International Symposium to Commemorate the 65th Anniversary of Chongqing Bombing" and made a keynote speech at the conference. In 2006, he presided over the "International Forum on Multicultural Education under the Background of Globalization" jointly organized by Southwest Ethnic Education and Psychological Research Center of Southwest University and East Asia and Research Center of University of Illinois (UIUC), and made a keynote speech at the meeting.

At the same time, Professor Zhang Shiya works part-time in many academic organizations at home and abroad. He is currently/used to be an expert in the discipline planning group of the National Education Science Planning Leading Group, a member of the Education Professional Committee of the National Education Association, an executive director of the National Comparative Education Association, a president of the Southwest Education Development Promotion Association of the National Comparative Education Association, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Social Science Federation, a member of the off-campus examination committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a vice chairman of the Southwest University Social Science Federation.