The Comparative Research on City’s S&T Innovation Capacity of Jiangsu Province - Based on Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis

Abstract:

S&T capacity is the motivity of economic development, and it is urgent to promote it according to regional practical conditions. This paper aims to evaluate S&T capacity by establishing index system, and then local government can take steps to promote S&T level. It reviewed literatures of regional S&T innovation capacity briefly, and constructed city’s S&T innovation capacity evaluation index system of Jiangsu province. Then, it analyzed city’s S&T innovation capacity of Jiangsu province by Principal component analytical method and Cluster analytical method, and established an evaluation model. After calculating sum-scores and sorting the four factors of S&T innovation capacity, the results of the study showed the weakness of three regions in Jiangsu. At last, some suggestions are made to improve each city’s S&T innovation capacity. With the accelerated trend of economic globalization, the contribution rate of traditional production elements to economic growth decreases gradually and the resources constraint increases year by year. In the new international competition situation, S&T innovation has become the core driving force of the national and regional economic development. Since the reform and opening-up, as a major economic province, Jiangsu province maintained a stable and rapid growth in economic, but gaps between different regional economic are wide [1]. The overall level of S&T development depends on its various parts of the creative capacity, only those internal developments are balanced and of high S&T innovation capacity will effectively promote economic development. Based on the comparative research and clearing of each city’s gap and weakness in S&T innovation, we can put forward suggestions to promote each city’s and even Jiangsu province’s S&T development level, which has significant meaning of guidance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 433-440)
• Pages: 1592-1598
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.433-440.1592
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Yuan Cheng Cai, Min Zhao
• Keywords: Evaluation Index, High-Tech Industry, Jiangsu Province, S and T Innovation Capacity, Suggestion

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