[7] Meng was selected as the representative of 18th CCPC National Congress;[8] he currently serves as the director at Water Sports Administration Center of Zhejiang .

Meng reached two individual finals, finishing in fifth place in the C-1 500 m and sixth in the C-1 200 m. For the 2004 season he formed a C-2 partnership with Yang Wenjun.

Then, in June, they won a World Cup race in Duisburg to establish themselves as one of the favourites for an Olympic medal.

The final was much closer with less than a second separating the first eight contenders but Meng and Yang again headed the Cuban pair to win the gold medal - China's first in the sport.

They repeated their Olympic victory in Beijing four years later despite their boat capsizing at the finish line after their win.