Prof Zhang is Councilor of World Council of Biomechanics (WCB), President of World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE), Chair of Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Engineering, Committee member of Chinese Society of Biomechanics, Committee member of Biomedical Division of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, and Standing Council Member of Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering and Vice President of China Rehabilitation Devices Association. He also serves as editorial board number for a few journals and chaired a number of conferences.

He has published more than 400 journal papers and book chapters. Prof Zhang received the 2005 Outstanding Young Scholars Fund for Overseas or Hong Kong and Macau Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has won a number of international awards, including the Natural Science Award (First-class) of 2015 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards by the Ministry of Education, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University President’s Awards for Excellent Performance/Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities 2016.