Zhao Kezhi,male,from Han ethnic group, was born in 1953, in Laixi city, Shandong province. He began to work in 1973 and joined the CPC in 1975.

 

Zhao served as deputy Party chief in East China's Jiangsu province between April 2006 and August 2010.

 

He was elected the governor of Guizhou in 2010.

 

Zhao served as the deputy secretary of Guizhou province in Southwest China before being appointed by the CPC Central Committee as Party chief of Guizhou in July this year.