■学术交流：开展设计学术交流，活跃学术思想，提高设计学术水平。
Academic exchanges: conducting design-related academic exchanges, invigorating academic ideas, and raising the academic level of design.

■宣传普及：宣传工业设计思想和方法，普及设计知 识，促进设计应用。建立设计 信息网络，组织出版设计信息刊物及有关著作。
Publicizing and popularizing: publicizing industrial design ideas and methodologies, popularizing design knowledge, and facilitating the application of design; and establishing a design information network, and organizing the publishing of design information publications and relevant works.

■教育培训：开展多种形式，不同层次的教育培训活动，推动设计教育体系发展。
Education and training: conducting educational and training activities of many forms and at different layers with a view to promoting the development of the design education regime.

■展示竞赛：开展优秀工业设计评选、竞赛、展示交流活动。
Exhibitions and contests: conducting selection, contests, exhibitions and exchanges of excellent industrial designs.

■国际合作：组织国际工业设计交流、合作。发展与国外工业设计团体、学者和工作者的友好往来。
International cooperation: organizing international exchanges and cooperation of industrial design and developing friendly interactions with foreign industrial design bodies, scholars and professionals.

■设计示范：协助政府有关部门组织、推动工业设计实务示范活动。
Design demonstrations: assisting the government authorities in organizing and promoting industrial design application demonstration activities.

■课题研究：组织、承担有关工业设计的课题研究任务。
Subject research: organizing and undertaking assignments of subject research pertinent to industrial design.

■咨询诊断：组织设计诊断，咨询服务活动。
Consulting and diagnostics: organizing activities of design diagnostics and consulting services provision.

■政策建议：向政府有关部门提出工业设计发展建议。积极参与设计政策，法规的制订。
Policy recommendations: putting forward recommendations competent government authorities on the development of industrial design and actively participating in the formulation of design policies and legislation.

■服务活动：开展为工业设计团体，工业设计工作者的各项服务活动。
Service activities: offering various kinds of services to industrial design bodies and professionals.