Kailong Institute of Technology serves as a national post-doctoral research center, National Enterprise Technology Center, Jiangsu key enterprise research and development institution, Jiangsu engineering technology research center, Jiangsu enterprise technology center and Jiangsu enterprise engineering center, with R&D direction covering the research on catalyst carrier, catalytic coating and catalyst active components, research on the control strategy of the hardware and software of dosing control unit, research on exhaust post processing product structure and its welding technique and so on. The institute has gathered more than 280 design, research and development engineers with all kinds of professional backgrounds, among which 7 are doctors and 41 are masters. It has also made long term cooperation with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, East China University of Science and Technology and Wuxi Fuel Injection Equipment Research Institute, FAW, China. Besides, the institute has undertaken many a national, provincial or city project successively such as the national science and technology innovation fund, the policy guidance special project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, NDRC key industry revitalization and technical transformation special project and the transformation project of major scientific and technological achievements in Jiangsu. Also, it has led and participated in the development of 18 SCR industrial standards, 5 DPF industrial standards, 2 catalyst carrier industrial standards, 1 automotive industrial standard. Besides, it has obtained 151patents approved by State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C, among which 40 are patents for invention; the diesel exhaust post processing system has been selected into the key new product plan of Ministry of Science and Technology, both SCR system and DPF system have passed the scientific and technological achievement appraisal of China Machinery Industry Federation; the selective catalytic reduction technology and application of diesel has obtained the First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Machinery Industry Federation; the key technology and application of diesel exhaust purification has obtained the First Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Award, etc.

Kailong Institute of Technology has built more than 20 laboratories such as engine laboratory, three-degree-of-freedom vibration laboratory, and 10 engine test benches, equipped with AVL electric dynamometer, emission meter, particle analyzer, particle counter and other advanced R&D test equipments. Kailong has full-capacity of performance test and validation facility for various diesel engines after-treatment systems and core components and laboratory center accredited by China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS).