[1] He was the head of Shanghai Mould Technology Research Institute, director of Ford Motor Company-SJTU C3P Research Center, advanced counselor of Swiss FEINTOOL company, director on the Korean journal International Journal of Automotive Technology and the German journal Research in Engineering Design, standing member of ICEM.
[2] He was a member of the 10th Central Committee of Jiusan Society, one of the eight legally recognised political parties in China.
That same year, he joined the Jiusan Society, one of the eight legally recognised political parties in China.
In 1994, the Department of Plastic Forming Engineering was established in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ruan served as its dean.
In 1996, with the approval of the State Planning Commission, the National Die and Mould CAD Engineering Research Center was established on the basis of the Shanghai Die and Mould Technology Research Institute, Ruan Xueyu became its director.