Professor Zhang Tong is the dean of the School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); deputy leader of the pharmacy group of the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center; and deputy director of the TCM Analysis Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine. He was selected as a recipient of the New Century Outstanding Talents award of the Ministry of Education and the Leading Talents award of Shanghai. He has been devoted to the research of TCM pharmaceutical and analysis technology for a long time. He has undertaken 10 research projects at national or provincial and ministerial level, including major national science and technology projects, major research projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc. He has applied for 29 patents, including 22 authorized invention patents, and has published nearly 300 papers. Moreover, he was awarded the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, and has been awarded the China Medical Science and Technology Award five times.