Zhengzhou Research Institute of Chalco is the unique research institute in Chinese light metals industry. It has become the R&D base of significant, key and front technology of new process, materials and equipments for Chinese aluminum and magnesium industries as well as the basic research and hatching base of such original Sci-tech achievements, which has passed the accreditation of the Quality and EHS Management System certification of Chinese Quality Certification Center (CQC). Chinese National Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for Light Metal, which is one of China's affiliations to ISO, is also affiliated with Zhengzhou Research Institute, mainly in charge of the national quality supervision and inspection for light metal, products quality assessment and arbitration for aluminum and magnesium industries including 77 products of 12 categories.

Zhengzhou Research Institute is always facing the development and strategic plan of aluminum industry, and addressing itself to independent innovation with high responsibility to provide technical support for realizing the harmonious development of natural resources, environment, economy and community. The institute has a bunch of outstanding research talents and a good cooperative team for technical innovation for aluminum and magnesium industries. It also has established the world's largest pilot alumina plant, national aluminum industry test base with the leading-edge technologies in the world and the world's unique test base for comprehensive utilization of bauxite as well as Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Aluminum Metallurgy and Postdoctoral Research Workstation of Chalco. The institute has set up an integrated R&D system covering basic research, technological development, expanded experiment, industrial trial, technical engineering and industrialization including comprehensive utilization of bauxite resource, alumina production, aluminum smelting and aluminum-magnesium alloys manufacturing.