[1] Previously he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Kunming.
[4] From January 2008 to December 2012 he served as deputy party secretary and mayor of Yuxi.
[5] In December 2012, he was promoted to become party secretary of Qujing, he remained in that position until August 2014, when he was transferred to Kunming, capital of Yunan province, and appointed party secretary, the top political position in that city.
[7] Zhao was the third consecutive Kunming party leader to be investigated for corruption or disciplinary offenses.
On December 27, he stood trial for bribery at the Intermediate People's Court of Lincang.