RADI’s main bodies of operation and research include the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, the Center for Applied Technologies of Earth Observation, the National Engineering Center for Geoinformatics, the CAS Laboratory of Digital Earth Sciences, the China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station, and the CAS Center for Airborne Remote Sensing. RADI also houses centers or laboratories for space technology, engineering technology, and land satellite data, which are supported by UNESCO, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, and China’s National Development and Reform Commission.

Currently RADI is undertaking over 400 various national projects. Among them are two National Basic Research Projects (“973” projects), one major project under the National High-Tech R&D Program (an “863” project), three key projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and two major projects for international cooperation and exchanges. Through these efforts, RADI has committed itself to the nation’s S&T advancement and greatly strengthened its S&T innovation capacity.