In order to serve the local economic and cultural development well, Hefei University build many research and innovation centers.The centers include the Research Center for Chaohu Cultural-economic-social Development (a key research base of provincial humanities and social sciences), Jianghuai Culture Research Institute, Real Estate Institute, Intellectual Property Institute and the Institute of Studies on Zhu Xi.. Following the strategic plan of building a city of innovation, Hefei University carries out in-depth researches and makes efforts to optimize the utilization of resources of the capital city, aiming to provide significant research reports and suggestions,and do its parts in spreading Chinese traditional culture.

Some achievements:

1. Big Lake City: Study of Hefei Local Culture (Book Series)

2. Big Lake City: Ten Lectures on Hefei Local Culture

Seminar for Big Lake City: Ten Lectures on Hefei Culture

3.The Institute of Studies on Zhu Xi

One of Seminars of the Institute of Studies on Zhu Xi

   The Institute of Studies on Zhu Xi was founded in 1996 in HFU and it is the first institute of this kind in Anhui Province.

In 2015, The Institute of Studies on Zhu Xi was awarded Advanced Institute of National Social Sciences Association.