Mingyue Gao is a named executor under the Hongying Educational Assistance Charitable Trust’s testamentary arrangements, reported by Shanghai Trust as Shanghai’s first testamentary charitable trust with a trust company as trustee.
Trust background
The trust is registered as the “Shangshan” Series Hongying Educational Assistance Charitable Trust. Shanghai’s Civil Affairs Bureau records a filing date of 31 October 2025. It supports education, with Shanghai International Trust Co., Ltd. as trustee and Guantao’s Shanghai office as trust supervisor.
Mingyue Gao’s role
Shanghai Trust’s report dated 26 June 2026 expressly names Mingyue Gao as one of the executors. In June 2026, the settlor, Shanghai Trust, Shanghai Xuhui Notary Office and the executors signed a four-party cooperation agreement for delivery of testamentary trust assets.
A lasting philanthropic intention
The reported arrangement provides for the settlor’s estate to be added to the charitable trust after her death pursuant to a notarised will, with coordination among the executors, trustee and notary office. Shanghai Trust described it as Shanghai’s first testamentary charitable trust with a trust company as trustee.
Project timeline
The trust was first filed in October 2025; the relevant agreements and testamentary arrangements followed in June 2026. The reports describe a framework for future estate delivery, rather than confirming that estate assets have already been transferred.
Public sources
Official filing: “Shangshan” Series Hongying Educational Assistance Charitable Trust
Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau · 26 November 2025
Shanghai Trust report on the Hongying testamentary charitable trust
Shanghai Trust · Published on Sina · 26 June 2026
Prepared from the public sources above. English names of the trust products are descriptive translations. Updated 7 October 2026.