The Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit organization created on June 9, 2006 (18 years ago) (2006-06-09), "to support and promote urban heritage conservation in China.
It is a private foundation supervised by the Shanghai Administration Bureau of NGOs and Shanghai Municipal Urban Planning Administration Bureau.
"[1] The Foundation is a member of the International National Trusts Organisation.
[2] Founder Ruan Yisan is a former professor of urban planning at Tongji University of Shanghai and director of the National Research Center for Historic Cities in Shanghai.
[3] Nisan was awarded the renowned Henry Hope Reed Award in 2014.