SP-Nice has along been promoting the concept of driving the company by technical research and product innovation. For this purpose, it has established a strong R & D team, as well as perfected a scientific R & D management process. The company has set up a cooperative R & D framework by closely interacting with famous colleges, research institutes, power companies, power automation companies and associations over a long term. Besides, SP-Nice engages specialists and scholars in power systems, industrial control, computer and communications as its technical advisors, making it possible for the company to take the lead in technical innovation and to transform research findings into productivity in a more efficient and effective way. So far the company has joined hands with several provincial power companies. SP-Nice participated in the drafting and preparation of national electric dispatching standards concerning protected information and fault analysis systems, as well as several provincial specifications. Research and development of digital substations is also a focus in which the company invests great manpower. Since SP-Nice has long been contributing to research in technology and product innovation of power system automations, the government of Shenzhen nominates the company for Key Enterprise of the Ministry of Information Industry.