[1] Meng was chosen to represent her country at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and she ended that competition in fifth.

[2] The following year she won the Chinese junior and high school, then came sixth at the 2009 National Games of China with a personal best of 17.52 m.[3] At the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, she won her first senior medal as she came runner-up in the shot put to Iranian Leila Rajabi.

[4] However, she was not in as good form outdoors and was beaten to the title at the 2010 World Junior Championships by the less experienced Geisa Arcanjo.

[5] The 2011 outdoor season proved to be a breakthrough year for Meng and she began with a throw of 18.09 m on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit – her first clearance over 18 metres.

[6] She improved her best further at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships, tossing the shot to 18.31 m and defeating fellow Chinese thrower Liu Xiangrong to win the gold medal.