Over the past 30 years, the institute has developed many chemical waste treatment technologies, among which a project called Treating Phosgene Tail Gas by Catalyzed Hydrolyzation received third place in the National Invention Award, the project entitled Recycling Hydrogen and Hydroxybenzene by Liquid Membrane Extraction took second place in the National Science and Technology Advancement Award, and the project entitled Granulation and Burning Technology for Salt-Containing Organic Waste Water was awarded a national patent. Projects include the Qizhou Comprehensive Water Treatment Project, liquid waste projects for Jinyuan and Chongqing Ziguang Companies, and incineration projects for the Red Sun Group and others. With these technologies as a foundation, the environmental protection industry has become a new economic focal point of SYRICI, resulting in a number of social and environmental benefits.

Chemical engineering research at SYRICI, during its 50-year development, has resulted in many patents and awards, in areas including coupling separation, liquid flow reaction technology, looping reaction technology, and rotary flash evaporation drying technology, all of which solve problems encountered in industrial synthesis.

In recent years, some industrial chemical engineering projects have been conducted utilizing comprehensive integrated and specialized technology, including projects at Taifeng Agrichemical and Jinyuan Agrichemical Engineering, both of which were undertaken solely by SYRICI. Particularly in the pesticide industry but also in the fine chemical industry, chemical engineering research at SYRICI has built a strong reputation.