Meng Xiaosi, female, Han nationality, was born in Shanghai, and she is a native of Huaiying, Jiangsu Province. She was born in 1956, and attended the Renmin University of China. Meng has spent her career primarily at the Ministry of Culture, where she has held the posts of director of the Cultural Market Management Bureau, and secretary of the League Membership Committee. In the mid-1990s she served as vice-mayor of the Shijiazhuang municipality of Hebei Province, and in 1997 she was appointed vice-minister of the Ministry of Culture.
She is now Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group of the All-China Women's Federation.