Ziyue (Jason) Zhang is from GEM, China, GEM being based on the concept of "G-Green E-Eco M-Manufacture". The company, founded in 2001, has made key breakthroughs for China's core technologies and intellectual property system for the green treatment and recycling of typical waste resources, including used batteries, electronic waste and scrapped vehicles.

He first worked on lithium battery recycling research in 2010 and was involved in establishing the first lithium battery recycling facility in China.

In the past 10 years, he and his team have developed lithium battery recycling equipment systems for the full life cycle value chain (FLCVC, including power lithium battery recovery, raw material remanufacturing, material remanufacturing, battery pack remanufacturing and reuse. He has designed and provided equipment systems for dozens of customers for different types of lithium battery recycling systems.