SYRICI currently has 1100 employees, among whom 532 are technical specialists, 42 are professors or senior engineers, 105 hold senior technical positions, 12 hold Ph.D. degrees and 75 have M.S. degrees.

SYRICI is mainly involved in research and development of fine chemicals such as agrichemicals, dyestuffs, intermediates, adjuvants, and related technology, and in production of high technology products. It is the supporting unit for the National Engineering Research Centers for Agrichemicals and for Dyestuffs. It also has the National Pesticide Quality Supervision and Testing Center (Shenyang) and National Dyestuff Quality Supervision and Testing Center, National Research Center for New Drug Safety Evaluation (Shenyang), National Information Centers for Pesticides and Dyestuffs, Establishing Organization for Agrichemical and Dyestuff Standards, Agrichemical and Dyestuff Constituent Institutes of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China. SYRICI is also authorized to grant Master’s Degrees to students specializing in applied chemistry, and can also host the research of postdoctoral research fellows.

During the fifty plus years since SYRICI’s establishment, several generations of employees have given their best efforts to innovation, despite many difficulties. Many of their scientific research results have been highly regarded by other Chinese scientists in the same fields. Their contribution to the advancement of China’s science and technology and the development of its fine chemical industry will have lasting significance. By the end of 2004, the number of completed scientific research projects exceeded 2400, with more than 1700 of the projects resulting in successful commercialization, yielding a >70% implementation rate. Since 1977, SYRICI has been awarded a second-place award for National Technological Inventions, a first-place award for National Science and Technology Advancement, and more than 260 other awards. Its scientists have applied for 113 Chinese patents, of which 60 have been approved.

After making changes that followed trends of reform occurring in science and technology at large, SYRICI, though an old and historic institution, has transformed itself into vibrant and energetic organization. In order to live up to its new corporate values of being driven by market, profit, and innovation, SYRICI has promoted an appropriate combination of technology and economics, built new high technology into their products, enhanced research and development efficiency, and strengthened the corporation’s competitive edge. In recent years, SYRICI’s research capability has increased, the quality of its financial operations has continually improved, and its scale of production has continued to enlarge. Its income increases by over 30% every year. Increased profits have enhanced the rate of scientific innovation, and have promoted the long-term healthy and rapid development of SYRICI’s research and manufacturing.