Professor Zhao's trilogy of death penalty research-on the limitation of death penalty (published by Doctor Library of Criminal Law of Wuhan University, Wuhan University 200 1), General Theory of Death Penalty Crimes (published by Zhengzhou University Press in 2002), On the Application of Death Penalty (published by People's Court Press in 2003), and more than ten academic papers on death penalty, such as On the Crime and Limitation of Death Penalty In addition, Professor Zhao also dabbled in the basic theoretical issues of criminal law. In June, 2004, 165438+ 10, the People's Court Press published a personal monograph on effectiveness of the criminal law-A Comparative Study of effectiveness of the criminal law. At the same time, Professor Zhao has published more than 40 academic papers on criminal law in national authoritative core journals such as China Law, Criminal Law Series, Law Review, Law, Forum on Politics and Law, and many papers have been plagiarized by Renmin University of China Press. Related works won the Outstanding Achievement Award of "Legal Research and Application Achievements" in china law society, the Second and Third Prizes of Excellent Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Henan Province, and the First Prize of Innovative Education and Teaching Achievements in Henan Province.
Professor Zhao presided over and undertook nine provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, among which the national social science fund projects he presided over and undertook included "Research on the applicable effect of death penalty" and "Research on the reform of penalty system".