The research centers of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation all take the leading position and have wide influence within the industry. Among those are Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, SINOPHARM Chongqing Pharmaceutical Industry Design Institute and SINOPHARM Wuhan Pharmaceutical Industry Design Institute under SINOPHARM United Engineering Company Ltd., Beijing Huamiao Traditional Chinese Medicine Engineering Technical Development Center under China National Group Corporation of Traditional & Herbal Medicine. Their R&D products and design projects cover the area all over China and gradually throughout the world.

Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics concentrates on the development of new types of drugs and pharmaceutical research. It has made nearly a hundred significant scientific research achievements since its establishment. SINOPHARM Chongqing Industry Design Institute and SINOPHARM Wuhan Industry Design Institute have completed over 2,000 projects in their history of 30 years. Beijing Huamiao Traditional Chinese Medicine Engineering Technical Development Center is an enterprise combining research of the modern processing technology of traditional Chinese medicines with standardization of process and quality control in the manufacturing of traditional Chinese herbal decoction pieces, trials of traditional Chinese medicines and manufacturing, serving as a showcase for the modern manufacturing of traditional Chinese medicine.