The National Museum of Chinese History established its Underwater Archaeology Research Center in November 1987. Yu named Zhang Wei, a 32-year-old graduate of the Peking University Department of Archaeology, the center's director, a position Zhang holds to this day.
1987 年 11 月，中國歷史博物館水下考古研究室成立，時齡 32 歲、北京大學考古系畢業的張威，受俞偉超延攬出任主任至今。