In close combination with the deployment of the national manufacturing power strategy,with a high level, characteristic and international scientific research platform as the construction goal, and relying on the related characteristic disciplines such as industrial economy and enterprise innovation in the School of Finance and Economics of Jiangsu University,Institute of Industrial Economics Jiangsu University was established in April 2016(deputy department level).

The structure of scientific research team of Institute of  Industrial Economics is reasonable. It has a stable research team led by well-known professors and experts with reasonable professional title structure, age structure, professional structure and educational background structure. All team members have doctorate degrees, including 15 senior titles and 3 intermediate titles. It has formed three distinctive research directions: open economy and industrial development, reform and innovation of state-owned enterprises, financial engineering and regional development.

The scientific research strength of Institute of  Industrial Economics is abundant. In the past five years, the scientific research team has undertaken and completed more than 20 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation, and has won 12 awards for scientific research achievements at the provincial and ministerial levels (including industry awards), and published more than 200 papers in important journals of related disciplines and more than 10 monographs.

Institute of  Industrial Economics have achieved remarkable results in academic exchanges at home and abroad . In particular, it has established close scientific research cooperation with Ohio State University, Naimeihen University, Iowa State University, Bologna University, Virginia Federal University, Nevada State University, Cleveland State University and Jianguo University.

The service capacity of Institute of  Industrial Economics for local economic development is outstanding. The research institute has developed in-depth cooperation with the State Administration Commission Research Center and the relevant functional departments of the Jiangsu Provincial Government to establish a cooperative mechanism across regions, departments and industries, and has presided over a number of local "13th Five-Year Plan ", industrial cluster development plans, and enterprise innovation and development consulting work.