He went to China in 1885, and served as an advisor to the ranking official Zhang Zhidong for twenty years.
Zhang Zhidong became the viceroy of Huguang in 1896, following the First Sino-Japanese War.
Early formulations of plans for a railway bridge over the Yangtze at Wuhan were put forward by Zhang Zhidong in the late 19th century.
Zhang Fei | Zhang Yimou | Zhang Wentian | Zhang Zhidong | Zhang Ruimin | Zhang Yan (Han Dynasty) | Zhang Yan | Zhang Xun | Zhang Yue (Tang Dynasty) | Zhang Yue | Zhang Dejiang | Zhang Anshi | Liu Zhang | Jianyi Zhang | Zhang Zuoxiang | Zhang Zuolin | Zhang Zizhong | Zhang Zhongjing | Zhang Zhizhong | Zhang Zhijun | Zhang Zhen Huan | Zhang Yuan | Zhang Yu | Zhang Yizhi | Zhang Yiyi | Zhang Yi (strategist) | Zhang Yaodong | Zhang Yanmei | Zhang Xueliang's former residence in Wufeng, Hsinchu | Zhang Xin |
There are Guangya School setup by Zhang Zhidong, a member of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and relic site of Xicun Industrial Zone developed by Chen Jitang when was in power during PC period.