In July 1996 - March 1998 he was deputy head of Wuhua District, a district under the jurisdiction of Kunming, and soon became its head.[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.[2]
Downfall
On April 10, 2015, the state media reported that he was placed under investigation.[6] On the same day, he was dismissed for corruption.[7] Zhao was the third consecutive Kunming party leader to be investigated for corruption or disciplinary offenses. His predecessors Zhang Tianxin and Qiu He were both investigated.[8]
On August 3, 2016, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. In October, his case was transferred to the procuratorate for further investigation and prosecution. On December 27, he stood trial for bribery at the Intermediate People's Court of Lincang.[9]
On February 24, 2017, he was sentenced to 10 years and fined 1.3 million yuan.[10]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates ; S Committed suicide 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
