Wei is President of the Royal Town Planning Institute for 2021. She is a lead figure in researching, promoting, and implementing 21st Century Garden City approach, and has been actively promoting low-carbon development methodologies worldwide.

Wei is the Founder of Wei Yang & Partners, an award-winning master planning firm in London. She is a Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences, an Independent Trustee of the Landscape Institute, a board member of the British Library.

Wei is the Global Planners Network (GPN)’s representative at UN Habitat Professional Forum. She was the co-chair of UK-China Eco-city and Green Building Group (2013-2016) and is now the co-chair of Digital Task Force for Planning.