张涛, 中国作家协会对外联络部和港澳台办公室主任。1982年至1986年在四川外国语大学英语系学习，获英美文学和语言专业文学学士学位。1986年至1988年在中国人民大学国际政治系学习，获国际法与国际关系专业法学学士学位。1994年至1995年，在英国伦敦经济政治学院学习进修。长期从事中国文学对外交流的组织和翻译工作，负责主办中外文学论坛和双边作家交流，以及汉学家文学翻译国际研讨会和国际写作计划等多边文学活动。

Zhang Tao is now the director of China Writers Association’s International Liaison Department and Office of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Affairs. gained Bachelor of Arts in English literature at English Department of Sichuan International Studies University from 1982 to 1986. After that, he pursued Bachelor of Laws through two-year study in international law and international relations at Department of International Politics, Renmin University of China. From 1994 to 1995, he pursued further study at the London School of Economics and Political Science

He has long served as organizer and translator of foreign exchange of Chinese literature. Apart from being responsible for literature forums and exchanges of domestic and foreign writers, he has been engaged in other multilateral literary activities including International Sinologists Conference on Translating Chinese Literature and International Writing Program.