Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
Zhao was born and raised in Yutian County, Hebei. Zhao entered Inner Mongolia Radio &amp; TV University in September 1982, majoring in Chinese language, where he graduated in October 1985. He went down to the countryside in Jilin province, before taking on a job as a worker at a printing factory. He also studied at Chinese People's Public Security University, Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, and PLA National Defense University as a part-time student.