 In January 1989, Wei Zi was admitted to Beijing People's Art Theatre, a first-rate national theatre company of China where he was recognized as a National Class-A Actor (国家一级演员).He left BPAT in 1994.For his 1988 university graduation, it was required for the students to perform in a play entitled ""Stories of Mulberry Village"" based on Zhu Xiaoping's three novellas about hardship and struggles in a village in Northern China.