[3] In 1986, he entered Beijing Institute of Technology, where he majored in electronic precision machinery.
[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1987.
[3] In September 2017, Zhao was made general manager and deputy party secretary of CFHI Group Corporation Limited, having held the position for only a year.
[4] Zhao was appointed vice governor of Shaanxi in October 2018, concurrently serving as party secretary of Yan'an since January 2021.
In May 2022, he was appointed deputy party secretary of Shaanxi after Hu Henghua was selected as mayor of Chongqing.