The "Shanghai Mulan Education Foundation" sponsored by Ms. Zhu Mulan, the wife of Mr. Zhao Xicheng, an American Chinese, has established Mulan scholarships in Dalian Maritime University, Shanghai Maritime University, Jimei University and Wuhan University of Technology, and the foundation is located in Shanghai.

The purpose of Mulan Foundation is to reward students who are engaged in shipping work in China and have outstanding academic achievements and talents in institutions of higher learning, scientific and technological personnel who have made outstanding achievements in educational and scientific research posts and made great contributions to the four modernizations, and to send outstanding personnel to study abroad from time to time to cultivate senior talents.