Prof. Dr. Jinchuan Zhang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing). He is currently the Deputy Director of the Beijing Geological Resources Exploration Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Marine Reservoirs and Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanism of the Ministry of Education, and the Director of the Energy Experimental Center of China University of Geosciences (Beijing). He received his PhD from the University of Petroleum (Beijing) (1999). He teaches the subjects of petroleum and natural gas geology and natural gas geology and evaluation. He is mainly engaged in research on shale gas and other unconventional natural gas geology and evaluation.