[1][2] He was the first solo artist from mainland China to hold a concert in South Korea,[3][4] and to be officially invited as a guest to the Billboard Music Awards in 2017.
[8][9] Xu was praised by Wan Fang for his outstanding performance in interpreting a unique perspective of the character and in her own words "the best Zhou Ping".
[10] Since childhood, Xu has pursued various artistic endeavors including dancing, singing, music composition, and playing instruments, especially the guitar.
He participated in various photo shoots that led him to be discovered, scouted, and debuted as one of the main leads for a web series called Addicted, broadcast in January 2016.
Afterwards, Xu began to focus on his music career and on May 1, 2016, released his first album entitled Light and started his Asian concert tours from June to August 2016.
[38] After the success of Light, he released the first quarter of his second solo album entitled The Time on August 10,[39] which sold more than 450,000 copies and was certified double platinum.
[45] His songs "So What", "Leave Me Alone", and "Ruins of Time" ranked first to third place respectively on the YinYueTai China V Chart for most viewed music videos, for the 38th and 39th week consecutively.
[54] In April, he joined the SuperdrySounds project, performing in the launching global party in London, and at the Strawberry Music Festival in Shanghai later that month.
[63] In July, Xu joined Shake It Up, a dance variety show on Shanghai TV,[64] winning the second place in the final round of the competition.
[65] On July 10, the Taiwanese version of the physical album of The Time started presale and instantly ranked first on the sales chart.
[68] In October, Xu attended the 5th Silk Road International Film Festival closing ceremony and performed his song "Glory".
[69] On October 20, he held a free concert on his 24th birthday at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing and also released a new song, "Everything About You", for his fans.
[107] In 2016, Xu was invited as one of the guests to several fashion ceremonies held in China, including Madame Figaro, the French Excellence Awards, the 4th anniversary of OK!
[128] On October 23, Xu, together with Dunhill and China's Esquire, released a special short fashion film called "Urban Symphony", shot in Hungary.
[129] A yearly report on the jewellery market, by L2's Digital IQ Index: Luxury China, mentioned that Tiffany & Co increased engagement on Weibo due to their online promotions featuring Xu.
[130] On November 20, he was invited as one of special guests to attend the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show held in Shanghai[131] and his look was listed in British GQ's 10 best-dressed men in the world that week.
[132] In December, Xu was announced to be the first mainland artist to have the collaboration project with the British international branded clothing Superdry.
He also attended Alexander McQueen's F/W 2018 Men's Paris Fashion Week as the first Chinese male artist officially invited.
In 2019, the Annual China Entertainment Index by AI Man Data revealed that Xu was ranked fifth on the 2018 Top 10 Influential Fashion Male Artists list.
On January 27, it was revealed that Xu was ranked fourth and ninth for COACH and Tiffany & Co respectively on the Top 20 Most Valuable Celebrity Brand Endorsers of 2018.
[163] A week later on September 28, Xu attended the first Shanghai New Vision of Design 2023 organized by WWD International Fashion News.
[178] In 2017, he continued his charitable efforts by participating in "Wuxi Marathon" by Men's Health,[179] "amfAR",[180] "World Book Day – Read to Lead" by the Xinhua News Agency,[181] "Love the Earth" by the New Media Exhibition of Global Sustainable Development,[182] "Youth Attitudes – One Hundred Thousand Young People" by NetEase,[183] "Child Welfare & Protection Week" by the China Ministry of Civil Affairs and UNICEF,[184][185] "Release An Aquatic Animal to Protect Natural Resources" by the Alibaba Foundation,[186][187] "Caring for People with A Spinal Cord Injury" by WeiboFit, China Foundation for Disabled Person and Xinhua News Agency,[188] "Make A Promise – Lockit Series" by Louis Vuitton and UNICEF,[189] and "Cat & Dog Daily – Adopt pets" by NetEase.
[199] In 2018, Xu joined Netease's charity program as the ambassador for a book donating project for the kids in rural areas.
They include joined hands with the Chengmei Charitable Foundation and the Energy China Platform to donated to the Energy Model Group's public welfare projects for construction of two gyms and ten library corners in rural areas;[204] donated musical instruments to Baimu Central Primary School in Baimu Village, Shijing Town, Louxing District, Loudi City, Hunan Province, so students can have their first music classroom;[205] and donated sports equipments to enrich students' extracurricular activities in school life in Luobo Township, Qingshen County, Sichuan Province.
[207] With the assistance by the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Xu Weizhou and his studio donated 1,617 pieces of protective clothing worth 215,061RMB to mainly support the medical supplies of Zhongxiang People's Hospital in Hubei Province to help fight the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.
[208] The ambulance donated by Xu Weizhou to fight the epidemic arrived at the Health Bureau of Yunxi County, Hubei Province on April 2, 2020.
[209] On April 4 the theme song Fearless (with Angelababy, Zheng Kai & Tang Yan) is released in tribute to those in the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 in Shanghai.
[216] During International Deaf Day (September 29, 2021), Baidu APP and Xu Weizhou jointly called awareness to protect hearing health and learn how to create healthy "sound" for ears.
[217] Xu attended the UCCA Foundation, whose mission is to promote the development of art education in China, charity dinner at the Bulgari Hotel in Shanghai on November 6, 2021.
[218] December 1, 2021, Yuejian Public Welfare Advocate Xu Weizhou worked with The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Sina News, and Weibo Campus China Rural Development Foundation on creating a Q&A virtual mailbox focusing on left-behind children in rural areas, to accompany them to grow with love and knowledge.