Through indigenous innovation, WISDRI has mastered technologies in large blast furnace designing, secondary refining, carbon steel cold-rolling, silicon steel cold-rolling, domestic waste comprehensive treatment, sewage treatment, airpollution control, environment-friendly thermal power generation. WISDRI enjoys intellectual property rights to a large number of proprietary technologies. As of December 2011, WISDRI has applied for 1,064 patents, including 452 invention patents and 10 PCT patents, andhas possessed 558 valid patents and 95 invention patents.

WISDRI focuses on the integrated management of technological innovation. Across the industrial chain, itcombinespatented technologies with project construction and product manufacture, achieving technology commercialization in engineering. Equipment invented by WISDRI, such as slag treatment equipment, dumpy type runner cover manipulator of BF, sub-lance, desulfurizing equipment and vacuum treatment equipment, wins a goodreputation after being put onthe market.