During more than 40 years of development, SYRICI’s work in pesticides has substantially impacted China’s pesticide industry. SYRICI primarily concentrates on design and synthesis of new chemical compounds, development of new manufacturing methodology, pesticide formulation, pesticide biological activity testing, and other research. The company is a specialized research entity of the largest scale in China, with a full complement of modern facilities. During the past decades, SYRICI has greatly contributed to the development of China’s pesticide industry. Many manufacturing technologies of the major pesticide chemistries currently produced in China were established through SYRICI’s research efforts. With pesticide science and technology as a foundation, SYRICI has become a serious competitor in the China market, especially since establishment of China’s most comprehensive pesticide discovery program. SYRICI has discovered and successfully commercialized four new pesticides, including flumorph. Some of these products have been sold in large quantities in the China market. Since 1998, the pesticide R&D division of SYRICI has received more than 20 grants from the ninth and tenth five-year plans of the China National Science Program. Among 64 pesticides for which patents have been applied, 33 have been approved. SYRICI’s pesticide R&D efforts have resulted in two national awards for science and technology, and 11 from the provincial and various lower government bureaus. Among these, the discovery of the pesticide flumorph was awarded 2nd place in the State Science and Technology Invention Award for 2002 (first place was not awarded). This is China’s most prestigious award for science and technology.