Fengxue NIO Company Announces the Passing of Zhang Xuefeng, Aged 41
On March 24th, Suzhou Fengxue NIO released an obituary stating that teacher Zhang Xuefeng passed away at 3:50 PM on March 24, 2026, in Suzhou, due to sudden cardiac death despite full rescue efforts. He was only 41 years old.
Zhang Xuefeng, whose real name is Zhang Zibiao, was born in Fuyu County, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province in May 1984. He came from an ordinary working-class family and grew up in a county town that was once a poverty-stricken area. In 2003, he was admitted to Zhengzhou University to study drainage engineering through the national college entrance examination. During university, he gradually became interested in postgraduate entrance exam guidance after helping his roommate organize postgraduate entrance exam materials, laying the foundation for his future career development.
After graduating from university in 2007, Zhang Xuefeng went to Beijing and entered the postgraduate entrance exam training industry, starting from a basic consulting position. In 2008, he officially took to the stage as a postgraduate entrance exam lecturer. He deeply cultivated the analysis of universities and postgraduate entrance exam information, forming a teaching style characterized by fast speech, dense information, and humorous and popular language. He gradually accumulated teaching experience and reputation in the industry.
In 2016, Zhang Xuefeng became popular online with the short video "Interpreting 34 985 Universities in Seven Minutes." He quickly gained popularity with his down-to-earth explanations of college entrance exams and became a well-known postgraduate entrance exam planning expert. He then served as a VIP teacher at Yantu Postgraduate Entrance Exam and became a phenomenal internet celebrity in the education field.
In 2021, Zhang Xuefeng shifted his career focus to Suzhou and founded Fengxue NIO, expanding his core business from postgraduate entrance exam guidance to high school college application planning, creating a full-cycle college consultation service. He also participated in the operation of several educational enterprises, building a business system covering postgraduate entrance exams and high school college application planning, becoming one of the iconic figures in the domestic college application planning industry. His views have also continued to spark social discussions about educational choices and employment orientation.