协鑫集团在全球形成了以中央研究院为创新统筹机构，以集团各产业板块研发分院为支撑，以美国、日本等国际研发中心为集聚平台的创新研发体系；10位中科院院士、行业领军人物领衔的数百名内外部专家智库，3000多名国内外科技研发人员。
协鑫集团拥有国家高新技术企业38家；省级以上重点实验室2个；各类工程技术中心等研发机构70多个；各类专利申请量超5000+，授权专利3500+，其中发明专利700+；主持或参与制修订国际、国家、行业技术标准220+，软件著作权100+，发表核心期刊论文500+。每年承担国家级、省级科技项目20余项，承担各类“黑科技”研发项目100余项，与国内外20多个知名科研院所、高校开展广泛的产学研合作。
GCL Group has established an innovative global R&D system with the GCL Central Research Institute as the innovation coordinator, supported by R&D institutes within each industrial segment and international R&D centers in the United States and Japan. The Group's R&D efforts are driven by hundreds of internal and external experts, including 10 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and industry leaders, as well as over 3,000 domestic and international scientific and technological personnel.
GCL Group owns 38 national high-tech enterprises, 2 key laboratories above the provincial level, and more than 70 various engineering technology centers and other R&D institutions. The Group has filed over 5,000 patent applications and has been authorized more than 3,500 patents, including over 700 invention patents. Additionally, the Group has hosted or participated in the development and revision of over 220 international, national, and industrial technical standards, holds more than 100 software copyrights, and has published more than 500 papers in core journals. Each year, the Group undertakes more than 20 national and provincial level scientific research projects, over 100 various 'black technology' R&D projects, and engages in industry-university-research collaborations with more than 20 renowned research institutes and universities both domestically and internationally.