Later, Zhao was recruited as a worker by a factory. He devotes himself to learning technology from his teachers and studies whenever he has time. Because of his good grades, he entered Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications through recommendation and examination, and graduated from 1975. After several years of college life, Zhao's hard work left an indelible impression on his teachers and classmates. Professor Wu Tong, his English teacher, often regards him as an example to study hard and educate the next generation of students. English was an elective course at that time. At first, a dozen people attended, and soon only a few people were left, the most prominent of which was Zhao. Oriental dew white, he walked and looked at things on the playground, and his classmates thought he was remembering English words. Twenty years later, at the class reunion, everyone realized that he was actually learning Japanese early every morning, and the students suddenly realized. Later, I was able to speak in Japanese at the ITU conference, and I have worked very hard. 1975 After graduating from Zhao University, he was assigned to Zhengzhou Design Institute of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Zhongxun Post and Telecommunications Consulting and Design Institute) to work until 1985. He is responsible for telex, data communication, non-voice transmission, telephone exchange, mobile network and so on. As a representative, he participated in the national expert meeting, formulated various national standards for telecommunications networks, participated in the planning, design and construction of major domestic network projects such as the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou trunk line project of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, published many papers in national magazines, and won the second prize of scientific and technological progress achievements of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. 1978, the state began to send scholars to visit abroad. At that time, Zhao had just been transferred to the "707" office and began to study the function, function, influence and countermeasures of communication in the case of nuclear test. 198 1 year, Zhao was sent to study at the University of Essex in England. 1985, master of information and communication, he returned to Zhengzhou.
1986, Zhao was recommended by the government of China to be employed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as a commercial officer in Geneva, responsible for the work of ITU SG7 (data network and open system communication) and SG8 (remote transmission service terminal). He is the coordinator between the Telecommunication Standardization Department of ITU and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrical and Electronic Technical Committee and the Joint Technical Committee of the American International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrical and Electronic Technical Committee. The following year, he was hired by the organization as a lifelong employee, the first China-born lifelong employee since the establishment of ITU. A few years later, he was promoted to consultant, in charge of foreign affairs. He has actively carried out the standardization work of ITU in many countries and regions, published papers on new technologies studied by the International Telegraph and Telephone Advisory Committee and the Standardization Bureau of ITU at various seminars and conferences sponsored by ITU, United Nations development projects, the International Meteorological Organization and the International Air Transport Association, and has been invited as an expert and competent official to give lectures in some countries and international organizations for many times. He deeply felt the heavy burden on his shoulders and dared not slack off in his work. Zhao's outstanding work performance made him rise to the third level in a few years, which is rare in the history of ITU. Zhao believes that the increasingly prosperous and powerful motherland has given him confidence, courage and strength, and he has added luster to the great motherland. 199810122 October, a state in the northern United States, where the Plenipotentiary Congress of the International Telecommunication Union was held. On that day, the director of the Bureau of Standardization (ITU-T) was elected. According to the regulations, there are four candidates, including Zhao, a candidate recommended by the government of China, and the other three are from Australia, France and Switzerland. Zhao is full of confidence in this election. In ITU Standardization Bureau, his wisdom, talent, pragmatic spirit, modest attitude and superb professional level won the praise of colleagues. 199810123 October, when the president of the conference announced that Chair Zhao had won 97 votes (15 1 countries and regions voted), the meeting broke out with prolonged cheers and applause, and the delegates cast admiration, praise and congratulations on him.
The International Telecommunication Union was established in May 1865, and the Bureau of Standardization is responsible for the formulation, implementation, development and coordination of standardization in the telecommunications industry all over the world. The first director of the Bureau of Standardization was a Belgian. He has been a Belgian for a long time. Until 1949, he was replaced by a Frenchman and then by a German in 1984. From 65438 to 0998, it was held by China Zhao, which was the first time that a non-European held an important position. About 65,438+0,600 delegates attended the meeting. They all came to shake hands with Zhao to show their congratulations, trust, support and hope. That night, ITU colleagues specially held a celebration for him, and he couldn't help singing "Singing the Motherland" he had learned since he was a child. His singing is not very pleasant, but it is very pleasant, because he is singing with sincerity to the great motherland, love for the Chinese nation and passion for the increasingly powerful motherland, and everyone present is moved by it. With its unique advantages, ITU made the name of a China native Zhao spread all over the world. 20 10 Zhao Gao, a professor at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, was re-elected as Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is the highest post held by China people in the international telecommunication organization so far.
201410123 October, the 9th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union, which is being held in Busan, South Korea, elected a new Secretary-General, and 156 member countries voted. Zhao, the current Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union recommended by China, as the only candidate, won 152 votes in the first round of voting, and was elected as the new Secretary-General with a high vote.
Zhao is the first Secretary-General in the history of ITU150, and the third China person to be the principal responsible person of the specialized agency of the United Nations after Chen Fengfuzhen as the Director-General of the World Health Organization and Li Yong as the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. 20 1 5 65438+1October1officially took office, with a term of four years.
After his election, Zhao thanked the China government for its nomination and the strong support and encouragement given by the member countries. He said that since 150 years ago, the International Telecommunication Union has led the development of global information and communication. As the new Secretary-General, he will fulfill his campaign promise: "Better telecommunications/information communication will make everyone's life better". He will faithfully perform his duties, lead the innovation and development of the International Telecommunication Union, strive to achieve the goals of the International Telecommunication Union, and provide excellent services to the global information society through cooperation.
In his speech at the conference, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China congratulated Zhao on his successful election, thanked all countries for their support, and looked forward to Zhao leading the new leadership of the International Telecommunication Union in his future work and providing better services to member countries. Liu Lihua also praised outgoing Secretary-General Hamad Toure of the International Telecommunication Union. Zhao has traveled all over five continents since he became the director of the Standardization Bureau of ITU. Almost all countries and regions visited, from presidents to ministers, from entrepreneurs to engineers and technicians, are talking about, inquiring about and even praising the development of China Telecom, and some even talk about the popularity of some manufacturers in China in that country. At this moment, there will be an emotional heat flow in Zhao's heart that he is proud of his motherland's strength. Zhao, who is abroad, witnessed and experienced the development and growth of China's telecommunications industry under the background of internationalization, and was encouraged by the progress of China's telecommunications industry and other undertakings.
The development of China Telecom is inseparable from the progress of science and technology. The International Telecommunication Union holds the International World Telecommunication Exhibition every four years, which is an opportunity for all countries in the world to show their scientific and technological progress and advanced strength, and also a window to see the development level of world telecommunications. The third exhibition was held at 1979, when there was no China booth. Zhao visited all the exhibitions from 1982 to 1999. He saw with his own eyes that there were more and more booths in China and the products were more and more advanced. Some equipment in China can completely compare with the advanced equipment of world famous manufacturers. The development of China Telecom is closely related to the continuous improvement of talent quality. For the first time since 2002, the number of China delegates has surpassed that of Japanese delegates, ranking first in Asia. What's more gratifying is that the third-generation mobile communication technology and Internet transmission technology with China patents proposed by China experts have been accepted by relevant units of the International Telecommunication Union and become international standards. This major change is a qualitative leap, which indicates that the development of China's telecommunications technology has entered the stage of independent innovation from the early stage of learning and digestion. Zhao is really happy.
The rapid development of China's telecommunications industry has also rapidly improved China's position in the international telecommunications industry. A Japanese friend asked Zhao to find an expert from a China telecom operator to attend a meeting. Zhao asked him why he invited experts from China to attend the meeting. This friend said: "A meeting without a speech by the representative of China cannot be called an' international meeting'!" Zhao, a senior official of the International Telecommunication Union who was born in China, felt sincerely happy after hearing this. On international occasions, there are more and more experts and scholars who share similar views with this Japanese friend. Zhao deeply feels that his position in the International Telecommunication Union is closely related to the rapid development of China's telecommunications industry. Without the rise of China's telecommunications industry, there would be no Zhao today.