The General Research Institute focuses on research and development of advanced technology and customer-oriented products as well as building up core competitiveness to makes SANY a pioneer of the industry. By providing fundamental research results, the institute supports SANY existing technology and products to be the world’s top ones.

The General Research Institute of SANY Group, leading over 30 research institutes of the Group, is the primary R&D department for technical research and technical management. Central R&D Institute owns 8 sub departments, including Director's Office, Research Management Department, Technical Standardization Department, IPR Department, PDM Management Department, Experiment & Testing Center, Industrial Design Center, and Human Resources Department, and it is in charge of the management of Post-doctoral Research Station and Academician & Expert Workstation. The institute is also responsible for developing technology applicable to SANY all products, conducting forefront technical research on new products and setting standards; researching vibration, impact, noise, hydraulic technology, power matching and energy saving, new materials and control systems, creating innovative technologies and conceptive products and building up a network-based special and generalized platform for experiments and tests so as to share general experiment and test results.