 According to Hong Kong-based "Apple Daily" and "Takungpao", Zhang Xiaoyan is married to Li Shengpo (), the son of Hong Kong businessman Li Xianyi of Xinyi Glass.Fujian-based website "Straight Consume" once published an article that alleged that Zhang's eldest brother had left China and died fighting as part of an insurrection against the government of the Philippines sometime in the 1960s.According to online sources in Fujian, Zhang was said to have cut most ties with his siblings after he ascended to higher positions in the world of politics.