Zhao Tielian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Dacheng, Hebei Province. Zhao joined the CPC in December 1965 and graduated from the Mathematics Department of Hebei Normal University.
Zhao is deputy to the 8th and 9th Hebei Provincial People's Congresses, delegate to the 5th and 6th Provincial Party Congresses, member of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and deputy to the 9th National People's Congress.
A former journalist with the Shijiazhuang Daily, Zhao was a secretary to the Agricultural Office Party Committee, Party secretary of Anxiang Committee, and Politics Department of the General Office – all in Hebei Province.
Zhao was deputy division chief and then division chief of the cadre allocation division of Hebei province's organization department at the CPC. In 1993, he became deputy Party secretary of the Qinhuangdao municipality in the province. Zhao later ascended to the mayor's post of the municipality in 1995 and remained there for four years.
In 1999, Zhao changed positions and assumed secretary-general responsibilities for the province. In addition, he became a member and secretary of the province's Leading Party Group.