The enterprise design innovation center is an important carrier of design innovation activities in the industrial field. Relying on the design innovation center, enterprises can give full play to the driving ability and empowering effect of design innovation. According to the requirements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's "Administrative Measures for the Identification of National Industrial Design Centers (Trial)" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology [2012] No. 422) and the deployment of Shanghai's "Design Capital" construction work, in order to further cultivate the main body of the city's design industry market, To improve the supply level of design services and highlight the empowering and driving role of design innovation, starting from September 2022, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology organized the 2022 Municipal Design Innovation Center Certification Work.

As a national high-tech enterprise and a national innovative enterprise, STEP has always insisted on independent research and development and innovative development. In order to improve product and solution design capabilities and better meet customer on-site needs, a corporate design innovation center has been specially established. Based on core technologies such as elevator control, servo, and robotics and process research mastered by STEP , the center empowers enterprises and adds value to products by enhancing innovation capabilities from the source design.