local education authority, she set up a scholarship and study grant fund in Wuhu, her hometown. for students from families in financial difficulties. In 2005, she was appointed as a spokesperson and ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund and China Youth Concern Committee's "Awareness for Children Affected by AIDS" campaign; she also performed the song "来得及的明天" () as the theme song for the campaign. In 2006, Zhao supported fundraising events for the Smile Angel Foundation, a charity fund set up by Zhao's friend, pop diva Faye Wong, for children with clefts. The morning following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Zhao donated 100,000 yuan to the China Red Cross.<ref>{{cite web|title=红十字会搜狐发救灾倡议 赵薇积极响应捐款10万|url=http://yule.sohu.com/20080513/n256824369.shtml|date=13 May 2008|work=Sohu|language=zh}}</ref> Soon afterward, she donated 500,000 yuan to the China Children and Teenagers' Fund to construct a Spring Bude Building School. On 29 March 2010, Zhao donated 200,000 RMB to the Yunnan government, as Yunnan was suffering from the worst drought during the past few decades. On 17 April, the third day after the Qinghai Yushu Earthquake, Zhao donated 200,000 yuan to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. In 2011 Zhao received the China Charity Billboard Award for her contributions to charity. On 22 April 2013, Zhao donated 500,000 RMB to the Sichuan Yaan Earthquake. In 2014, Zhao launched the V-Love Foundation for childhood leukemia. Also in 2014, Zhao was named ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. In June 2016, Zhao donated 1 million RMB to the Anhui government, as Anhui was suffering from the worst flooding during the past decade. The same year, Zhao was appointed ambassador for China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) "Ethnic Minority Women Empowerment and Development Project", aimed to promote sustainable human development with ethnic minority women through joint collaborations in social and economic development. She was also named the ambassador for an Anti Child-trafficking campaign by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. On 20 November, UNDP appointed her as goodwill ambassador. On 26 December, Zhao held a charity party for her V-Love Foundation and raised donations more than 16 million yuan for childhood leukemia. In July 2017, Zhao and her husband donated 1 million HKD to the Hunan government, as Hunan was suffering from flooding. Controversy Zhao has been a regular subject of tabloids. In 2001, she did a group of photos for the August issue of fashion magazine L'Officiel China. In one photo, Zhao