Zhang, Yi is a nationally well-known teacher at the Beijing Academy of Education Sciences, the Office Director of the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology Innovation for Teenagers, and President of the Beijing Education Innovation Development Research Association. She is committed to the innovation and exploration of talent development methods and promoting the Soaring Program and Eagle Program. She has won first prize in the National Basic Education Teaching Achievements. She is the author of How to Be a Wise Teacher Today, Let Students Develop in Mathematics and other monographs.