She Mengxiao was born in July 1931 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. In June 1948, he joined the Chinese Communist Party and began participating in revolutionary activities. From June 1948 to May 1949, he engaged in underground Party work in Suzhou during the Chinese Civil War. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, She successively served as director of the Office of the Changshu County Committee, Secretary of the Office of the Suzhou Prefectural Committee, and Secretary in the General Office of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]
Between January 1967 and August 1973, during the Cultural Revolution, She was politically persecuted and reassigned to manual labor. In October 1976, he was appointed deputy director of the General Office of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee. He later served as director of the Research Office and deputy secretary-general of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.[3]
In June 1988, She was transferred to Hong Kong, where he served as deputy director and secretary-general of the Hong Kong Branch of Xinhua News Agency. In April 1990, he was appointed Vice Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China and a member of the Ministry’s Party Leadership Group.[4][5]
From October 1991, She served as a full-time vice president and deputy party secretary of the China Law Society. Between January 1997 and November 2003, he held the positions of executive vice president and party secretary of the China Law Society, playing an important role in the development of China’s legal academic and professional institutions. He retired from public service in June 2004.[6]
She Mengxiao died of illness in Beijing on January 22, 2023, at the age of 91.[6]