China’s Regional Innovation Environment Evaluation.doc

China’s Regional Innovation Environment Evaluation 　　[a]Professor， Doctoral tutor. School of Economics and Management， Northwest University， Xian， China. [b]School of Economics and Management， Northwest University， Xian， China. *Corresponding author. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China （NSFC）： Quality Assessment， Monitoring and Spatial Difference of Western Regions Innovation Environment （NO. Received 11 October 2013； accepted 1 December 2013 Abstract On the base of monitoring Chinas regional environmental quality and analyzing soft power of innovation environment， the authors make a comprehensive evaluation on Chinas 31 provinces’ regional innovation environment in four levels： basic environment， organizational environment， cultural environment and information environment. The study shows that the innovation environment in East Coast is the best； the Central and Northeastern regions are moderate； while the innovation environment of the West is worse than the other three regions. Also， the policy recommendations to enhance innovation environment quality of the West have been proposed. Key words： Regional innovation environment； Integrated utility value； Policy recommendations SHI Ping， TANG Danni， WANG Yong （2013）. Chinas Regional Innovation Environment Evaluation. Management Science and Engineering， 7（4）， 30-34. Available from： URL： http：//www.cscanada. net/index.php/mse/article/view/j.mse.1913035Z013 DOI： http：///10.3968/j.mse.1913035Z013 INTRODUCTION With the development of knowledge economy and the deepening of globalization， the worldwide economic development has shown the characteristic of regionalization. Regional innovation capability is increasingly becoming a decisive factor for regional economy to get internationally competitive advantage. A region’s favorable innovation environment is fundamental assurance for sustainable development of its economy， and technical innovatio