Liang Xiaolei was President of Sino Pacific Heavy Industries. Seatrade Maritime News reported in 2019 that Liang Xiaolei, also known as Simon Liang, founded the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group in 2004 and was its chairman and chief executive.
He was a panellist at Europort Maritime 2005 and at Shipping China in 2005 and 2007.