Редактирование: Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute (раздел)

== Background ==
The Yinfeng Group was founded in 1999.<ref>[http://www.yinfeng.com.cn/en/m/about.php About us]. www.yinfeng.com.cn/</ref> The Yinfeng Biological Group, a division of the Yinfeng Group, was founded in 2011.<ref>[http://www.yfswjt.com/en/m/about.php About us]. www.yfswjt.com</ref> The Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute (founded in 2015)<ref name="Yinfeng 2018-10-16" /> is a division of the Yinfeng Biological Group.<ref name="Structure" /> The Yinfeng Biological Group's work include DNA testing, cord blood storage, aesthetic medicine and stem cell research.<ref name="Yinfeng 2020-10-09">http://yflsf.org/m/show.php?id=332 (in simplified Chinese)</ref>

Before the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute was established, people from the Yinfeng Biological Group contacted [[KrioRus]], the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]], and the [[Cryonics Institute]] (CI). [[Valeriya Udalova]] from KrioRus visited Yinfeng in October 2013.<ref>[https://kriorus.ru/en/news/first-cryopreservation-China The first cryopreservation in China]. kriorus.ru. August 15, 2017</ref><ref name="Shen Baijun">http://yflsf.org/m/show.php?id=120 (in simplified Chinese)</ref> In April 2014, Yinfeng visited KrioRus in Russia.<ref>[https://kriorus.ru/news/Otchet-o-priezde-kitayskoy-delegacii-v-KrioRus-v-aprele-2014-g Отчет о приезде китайской делегации в "КриоРус" в апреле 2014 г.] (in Russian)</ref><ref>http://yflsf.org/m/show.php?id=42 (in simplified Chinese)</ref>

In July 2015, Yinfeng visited Alcor<ref>http://yflsf.org/m/show.php?id=43 (in simplified Chinese)</ref> and CI<ref>http://yflsf.org/m/show.php?id=44 (in simplified Chinese)</ref> in the United States. Alcor had cryopreserved [[Du Hong]], a Chinese woman, about a month earlier. In 2015, the Alcor employees [[Aaron Drake]] and José Kanshepolsky also visited Yinfeng.<ref name="Shen Baijun" /> Drake, having worked for Alcor since 2009,<ref name="Alcor News">[https://www.alcor.org/2016/04/alcor-news-april-1-2016/ Alcor News, April 1, 2016]. alcor.org</ref> helped to set up the Yinfeng cryonics facility. From April 2016 to April 2023, he worked as the Director of Research and Chief Specialist at Yinfeng.<ref>LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-j-drake-6487a48 Aaron J. Drake]. Retrieved February 10, 2024</ref>