User:JKizzieHumanities/Louis Yip

Louis Yip is a nationally-acknowledged real estate developer, restaurateur, and philanthropist living and working in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Yip is known for his long-running restaurant, China Inn, and his work in the Pawtucket community, particularly at the Pawtucket Arts Festival.

In 1972, Yip emigrated from China. He lived in Cambridge and established his first restaurant, China Inn, in 1976. In 2000, Yip his business partner Sunny Ng donated dragon boats to the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, which in turn marked the beginning of the annual Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races at the Pawtucket Arts Festival. Yip was also influential in the development Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival as a whole. In 2012, Yip and Sunny Ng were awarded The President's Volunteer Service Award by the National Advisory Council of Minority Business Enterprise.

Yip is the co-owner with Tai-O Real Estate Group, and the chair of the Luke Charitable Foundation. Yip served on the Rhode Island Association of Chinese Americans and is co-chair advisor at the International Leadership Foundation.