[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1982, and entered the workforce in August 1983.
[1] He was deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Environmental Protection Department in March 2009, in addition to serving as director of the Office of the Management Committee of Dahuofang Water Source Protection Area since December 2013.
[1] On 1 November 2022, Zhao handed himself in to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.
[6] His successor Wang Baisheng [zh], also chairman of Yingkou Municipal People's Congress, turned himself in to the anti-corruption agency of China, in the same month.
In September, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Chaoyang on charges of taking bribes.