 The same year, Zhao starred in her first war drama, "Rookie Agent Rouge".VLinkage reported that as of December 2016, Zhao's combined dramas' views have reached over 110 billion views, which is the most views by a Chinese actor at the moment.In 2017, Zhao starred in the Han Han-directed film, "Duckweed" alongside Deng Chao and Eddie Peng.