In 2008, the inkstone making technique (Chengclay Inkstone Making Technique) was included in the National Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Lin Yongmao was named the representative inheritor of the project.
At present, the team of more than 40 people in Jiangzhou Chengni Inkstone Research Institute includes 1 national intangible genetic inheritor, 2 provincial non-genetic inheritors, 1 Chinese arts and crafts master, 3 Chinese literary four treasure inkstone masters, and 3 Shanxi Province arts and Crafts masters.