Lord Wei of Shoreditch is the chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for East Asian Business, vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group Chairing the Hong Kong Group and also the treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade & Investment. He is the youngest member of the House of Lords and the only active ethnic Chinese member of it; additionally, he is the most senior ethnic Chinese politician in the European Union. He is interested in economic and cultural ties between the United Kingdom and China and takes an active interest in British Chinese community issues. Previously, Lord Wei was an adviser to the Her Majesty's Government on the Big Society.