RuanYisan'RHFPresident,ProfessorRuanYisan.DircctorofNationalResearchCenterofHistoricCityatTongjiUniversity,isemeritusprofessorofUrbanPlanningattheCollegeofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning,TongjiUniversity.HeisalsoamemberoftheUrbanPlanningExpertCommitteeoftheMinistryofConstruction,theNationalConservationExpertCommitteeofHistoricCities,andViceDirectoroftheAcademicCommitteeofHistorjCCities.
ProfessorRuanYisanhasbeenworkingasaconsultantformanyhistoriccitiessuchasSuzhou,Yangzhou,Hangzhou,Shaoxing,Pingyao,andLijiang.Hehasmadeamajorcontributiontotheeducationandresearchofurbandevelopmenthistoryandurbanheritageconservation.Hehashelpedsafeguardmanyhistoriccitiesandtownsfromimprudentdevelopmentandmadethemimportantheritagesitesthroughconservationplanningandpractice,suchasPingyao,Zhouzhuang,Tongli,Luzhi,Nanxun,Wuzhen,andXitang.
Underhissupervision,theprojectoftheYangtzeRiverWaterTowns(includingZhouzhuang,Tongli,Luzhi,Nanxun,WuzhenandXitang)wasgrantedtheAwardofDistinctionbytheUNESCOAsia-PacificHeritageAwardsforCultureHeritageConservationin2003.In2005,ProfessorRuanYisanwasawardedaKnightMetalofArtandLiteraturebytheDenchMinistryofCulture.