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Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation

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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.[4]

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  1. ^ "Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation [Heritage]". American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. ^ "INTO Members". International National Trusts Organisation. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ^ Levin, Dan (30 April 2010). "In Shanghai, Preservation Takes Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Chinese Preservationist Ruan Yisan to Receive 2014 Henry Hope Reed Award in Chicago". PRweb. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
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