The Theory And Empirical Study Of Regional Technological Innovation Capability

Abstract

This paper first overviews the theory of regional technological innovation(RIS). Based on comparing and analyzing different evaluation system of regional technological innovation capability, a new index system is set up to evaluate the regional technological innovation capability including knowledge innovation capability, network innovation capability, enterprise technological innovation capability, innovation environment and innovation performance. After comparing different technological innovation capability of 31 provinces in China, this paper focuses on 21 innovation capability synthetic indicators of ZheJiang province from 2001 to 2003. The results shows that although the innovation capability of ZheJiang province is not very high, the government pays more attention to R&D input, patent application, scientific paper, S&T cooperation, basic innovation infrastructure, commercial environment and industry international competitiveness, all of those will influence directly improvement of long-term economic competition capability of ZheJiang province in the future.