She was scouted by former gymnast Wu Chuangrong and became member a National Elite Athlete of China in 2016.

As a junior, Zhao won the all-around gold at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships ahead of Nastasya Generalova of the US.

[2] She also won bronze in all-around at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships and took silver medal in ball and clubs.

On August 30 - September 3, Zhao competed at the 2017 World Championships finishing 21st in the individual all-around finals behind Greece's Eleni Kelaiditi.

28th, she participated in the individual all-around final and played well to win the bronze medal (total: 65.550 Hoop: 16.400 Ball: 16.400 Clubs: 16.750 Ribbon: 16.000), behind Alina Adilkhanova (Kazakhstan) and Sabina Tashkenbaeva (Uzbekistan).