The large pore zinc-incorporated aluminophosphate with ATS topology (ZAPO-36) was prepared and characterized by using various techniques. The surface composition determination by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis revealed that the concentration of zinc and phosphorus are higher on the surface than in the bulk of ZAPO-36 catalyst. The observed binding energy of Zn 2p32 corresponds to that of Zn 2p32 in ZnO. The site energy distribution on the zinc aluminophosphate has been found to be very broad. ZAPO-36 possesses a greater number of strong acid sites than AlP04-5, SAPO-5, MAPO-5 and MAPO-46. The zinc aluminophosphate shows a significant catalytic activity in the cumene, 3-methylpentane, isooctane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene, toluene, methanol conversion reactions at 673 K. The catalytic activities of A1P04-5, ZAPO-36, MAPO-36 and H-ZSM-5 have been compared in the methanol, 3-methylpentane and toluene conversion reactions. In the toluene disproportionation reaction, ZAPO-36 exhibited a higher catalytic activity than the A1P04-5, MAPO-46 and H-ZSM-5. The deactivation behaviours of ZAPO-36 and MAPO-36 in the cracking of cumene were studied.