About Us

Founded in 1866 in London, the UK, the Royal Aeronautical Society is the world's oldest and most internationally influential professional society for aviation and aerospace, dedicated to the popularization and development of aerospace knowledge and technology worldwide. The society is a non-profit academic professional organization established and governed under the British Royal Charter system. The Royal Aeronautical Society is an important core member of the International Committee of Aeronautical Sciences and the European Federation of Aeronautical Sciences. The Society's China Representative Office was established in Shanghai in March 2020, becoming the first science and technology-based overseas non-governmental organization with the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission as its business supervisor.