[1] In 1936, while studying at the Wenhua Middle School in Wuchang, Zhao joined the Daguang Reading Club, a progressive organization organized by Zhang Guangnian, and embarked on the path of patriotism and salvation, and then participated in Wuhan's famous anti-war and salvation performance group, "Pioneer Theatre Troupe".
[3][4] In 1949, he was the deputy director of the Creative Writing Office of the Central Academy of Drama.
[6] After the end of the Cultural Revolution, he served as a researcher of the Academy of Literature and Research of the Ministry of Culture, head of the leading group of art periodicals of the Ministry of Culture, deputy secretary of the Party group and executive secretary of the Secretariat of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, executive deputy chairman of the China Association of Television and Audiovisual Arts (CAVMA), general manager and editor-in-chief of the China Federation of Literary and Audiovisual Arts (CFLA) Publishing Company, secretary of the sub-party group of the China Theatre Association (CTA), the executive vice-chairman of the third and fourth terms of the CTA, and adviser to the fifth, sixth, and seventh terms of the CTA.
[8] Mr. Zhao was a member of the Sixth and Seventh National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Zhao Xun passed away in Beijing on December 26, 2010 at the age of 91 due to illness.