Zhang Yulai, male, from Linyi, Shandong province. He received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Shandong Normal University (1984), Shandong University (1987), and Nanjing University (1998), respectively. He was promoted to professorship in 2000 and received special government allowances from the State Council in 1998. He obtained the qualification to supervise doctoral students in 2002. He has served as a lecturer at Shandong University, a professor at Shandong Normal University and Suchow University, a visiting professor at University of Ulsan in South Korea, and a visiting professor at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He has attended academic activities in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other countries and regions. He advocates for the “high-end forum of Chinese historical phonology”. He mainly researches Chinese historical linguistics and has published nine academic monographs and more than 70 papers.