The construction goals of Guangdong Research Institute of Eco-Industrial Design are coordinated development of ecologies of human, industry and environment driven by eco-industrial design, support to the national strategies and rural revitalization strategy in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and facilitation of the green development on a global scale; By relying on the Eco-Design Town, provide public service in the field of industrial design as a core function, take key generic technologies of industrial design as the research emphasis, carry out the works on basic research, technological support, achievement transformation, consultations, talent cultivation, exchange and cooperation etc., establish a research development platform that is open and co-sharing, an achievement transformation platform in coordination and highly efficient, a talent cultivation platform interacts with industry, academies and institutes, and a public service platform supports the innovation development of manufacturing.

As one of the selected national industrial design institutes of the first batch, Guangdong Research Institute of Eco-Industrial Design will take initiative to bring its superiority in the eco-design area into full play, integrate resources of home and abroad, establish eco-design core driven enterprises which are profoundly empowered with incubation of innovation and entrepreneurship, leverage the power of industrial design to support the national strategies and public services of rural revitalization integrate the primary, secondary and tertiary industries and pursue the green development.