Set up to assist domestic businesses up grade their technology, the Industrial Technology Research Institute bears two chief responsibilities: First, studying trends in technological development around the world and actively developing technology for the future, and then transferring it to interested firms and helping them in commercialization. The second is carrying out development programs commissioned to it by manufacturers.
為輔助國內工業界技術升級而成立的工研院身負兩大任務：一方面必須研判世界科技發展趨勢，主動開發業界未來需要的技術，然後尋找有意承接移轉的廠商，幫助其商品化；另一方面，則是業者提出開發案，委請工研院代為進行。