Zhang Zongyuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Chongqing City, Sichuan province. He joined the CPC in 1981, graduated from the Chongqing Civil Engineering Institute, and became a professor of engineering. Zhang was appointed deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Sichuan province in 1998. He was deputy to the 10th Sichuan Provincial People's Congress.