Zesheng recently earned his bachelor's degree in economics from New York University. He completed an internship with the Environment and Energy Division of the United Nations Development Programme. During his internship, he analyzed China's green dual-carbon strategic goals and related policies and investigated the implementation of the dual-carbon strategy by studying the carbon emissions situation in two major provinces. He also further studied the development status and operation mode of green dual-carbon and carbon emission-related financial control platforms in China, including several influential investment funds and companies.  Zesheng is from Beijing, China and is fluent in Chinese.