In recent years, CIT has advanced the integration of industry and education. It actively adopts policies such as adapting to the national and provincial development strategies, following the developing trend of higher education, integrating into the local economy and social construction and meeting the local industry development needs. CIT takes an active part in promoting local economic development via strengthening the school-enterprise cooperation such as One School with One Town. One Hundred Teams with One Hundred Enterprises, as well as cooperating with professors from industries, deputy general managers with a good mastery of science and technology, mayor groups of science and technology, etc.

Provincial- Level Engineering Research Center/ Engineering Research Center (12)

·Jiangsu Province General Aircraft Key Component Intelligent Cycle Manufacturing Engineering Research Center

·Jiangsu Province Home Furnishing Intelligent Electrical Device Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province (Haobang) Automotive Seat Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province Precision Flower Roller Mechanical Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province (Tianhua) Photovoltaic Intelligent Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province Heavy CNC Machine Tool Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province High-efficiency Energy-saving Thermostat Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province Intelligent Detection and Monitoring Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province Micro-motor Manufacturing High-Efficiency Automation Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province High-speed Railway Braking System Core Components Green Manufacturing Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

·Jiangsu Province Hydraulic Cold Drawing Engineering Technology Research Center (co-constructed)

Industry Innovation Platform (2)

·Joint Innovation Laboratory for Resource Utilization of Electronic Waste

·Joint Innovation Laboratory for Co-processing of Chemical Hazardous Waste and Industrial Solid Waste