Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasanni uku na kasa da kasa sun zo ga Wei a kakar wasa ta 1997. Farawa tare da 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, ta sanya na 41 don jagorantar tawagar 'yan matan kasar Sin zuwa na 13. Bayan nasarar yawon shakatawa na Japan, inda ta lashe gasar Osaka Grand Prix, Shizuoka International Meet da Oda Memorial, ta zama zabin kasar Sin don wasannin Asiya ta Gabas <unk> ta kasance mai lambar azurfa a tseren mita 5000, bayan da ta yi rashin nasara a hannun Harumi Hiroyama. A babban fitowarta na ƙarshe, ta kasance ta tara a wasan karshe na mita 5000 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1997.