Jiangsu Historical and Cultural Research Base was founded in November 2011. It is one of the Policy-Making Consultation Research Bases approved by Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government. The base is located in Nanjing University, and its chief expert is Professor He Yun’ao, director of the Cultural and Natural Heritage Research Institute of Nanjing University.

The base has a strong research team with rich experience in decision-making advisory research, open research mechanisms, and complete databases so that it carries out longitudinal studies on overall, strategic and policy-related issues concerning Jiangsu’s cultural heritage protection and development. It provides relevant departments of the province with efficient, professional, timely research and consulting services. The base has become a think-tank institution for governmental policy-making consultation in the fields of Jiangsu’s history and cultural research, protection and using of cultural heritage. Several of its achievements have been incorporated into the decision-making system of relevant departments of the provincial government.