Mr. ZHAO Jiping, Honourary Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, Chairman of the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles, President of the Music Copyright Society of China and Deputy to the 13th National People's Congress of People's Republic of China, is a National Expert with Outstanding Contribution. He has also served as Deputy Dean of Shaanxi Traditional Opera Research Institute, President of Shaanxi Song and Dance Troupe, President of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, deputy to the 11th and 12th National People's Congress and member of the respective Presidium, and representative to the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Mr. ZHAO is a two-time winner of Best Music of the Golden Rooster Awards, four-time winner of the Best Music Award of the Golden Eagle Awards, and six-time winner of the Best Works Award of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee. Other awards that Mr. ZHAO has won include Best Music Award of the Festival of the 3 Continents, Outstanding Music Award and Outstanding Contribution Award of the Flying Apsaras Award, Art Achievement Award of the China Gold Record Award, Best Vocal Works Award of The Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music, Twentieth Century Chinese Classic Awards, and Chinese Culture Communicator of the Year. CD-records have been produced and released worldwide for ZHAO's pipa concerto Blessing and guan concerto Silk Road Fantasia. The cities of Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan have both welcomed ZHAO's works in concerts. Besides, CD-record Yellow River and a series of film music CDs were released in association with Japan's JVC company, taking the lead in internationalizing Chinese film music.

In March 2003, ZHAO was invited to hold a special concert in Hong Kong, which turned out to be a great success. In 2001, his dance drama Great Love and Deep Hatred: The Vicissitude of the Fate of the Old Summer Palace was premiered in Beijing. In the first half of 2000, he composed for the dance drama In Desert Rises a Lonely Thread of Smoke that made its applauded premiere in Taipei. In June of the same year, his symphonic sketch Sunbird and symphonic poem Farewell My Concubine were performed by Berliner Philharmoniker at its annual concert held in Waldbühne, marking the first presentation of Chinese works in this world-class music arena. Then in July, his chamber music composition The Moon at the Fortified Pass: Sorrowful Impressions of the Silk Road was selected by cellist Yo-Yo Ma to be performed in the United States for the first time. In 1998, ZHAO became the only musician from Chinese mainland who signed to Teldec Classics Label. In 1997, the documentary Music for the Movies: ZHAO Jiping directed by the famous American director Allan Miller and co-produced by producers from United States, UK, and France was shown worldwide. In 1995, as the only representative from Asia, he attended the 2nd International Film and Music Festival in Switzerland.

One of a kind among Chinese musicians, Mr. ZHAO is praised as a composer with the most sharp-cut Chinese temperament and national cultural spirit in his works, and is currently one of the Chinese composers active on the world stage.