The structure of the Institute is as follows:

Administrative Departments

• General Office
• Science and Technology Department
• Service and Security Department
• Financial Department
• Personnel and Education Department

Research Divisions

• Division of Regional Geology and Mapping
• Division of Tectonics
• Division of Stratigraphy and Paleontology
• Division of Metamorphic Rocks and Precambrian Geology
• Division of Igneous Rocks
• Laboratory of Continental Dynamics
• Laboratory of Isotope Geology
• Lithosphere Research Center
• Beijing SHRIMP Center
• Mineral and Energy Resources Center
• Three-dimensional Geological Survey and Research Center

National Research Center

• Beijing SHRIMP Center

Key Laboratories

• Key Laboratory of Continental Tectonics and Dynamics
• Key Laboratory of Isotope Geology, Ministry of Land and Resources
• Key Laboratory of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Ministry of Land and Resources
• Key Laboratory of Earthprobe and Geodynamics, Ministry of Land and Resources

Technological Support Organizations

• Commission for the Geological Map of China (CGMC)
• Center for Stratigraphy and Paleontology, China Geological Survey

Affiliated Academic Organizations

• China Commission of International Continental Scientific Drilling
• Commission of Regional Geology and Mineralization, Geological Society of China
• Commission of Geological Mapping, Geological Society of China
• Commission of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Geological Society of China
• Commission of Petrology, Geological Society of China
• Commission of Isotope Geology, Geological Society of China
• Commission of Metamorphism, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Geological Society of China