Approved by Yunnan Provincial Department of Civil Affairs and formally established in September 2014. Yunnan Nuts Society (hereinafter referred to as YNS) is a professional and non-profit social group composed of enterprises, experts, scholars and growers specializing in nursery, cultivation, production, processing and marketing of nuts in Yunnan Province. Through continuous input, the number of members has increased from the first 33 to the present 159.​