Introduction Scholars began studying regional collaboration in China after the Chinese government proposed to vigorously promote regional collaboration innovation capabilities. However, most previous articles about regional innovation have focused on the input and output of innovation or the economic environment, social environment, and cultural environment. Previous research also under-emphasize the role of government in China's experience with regional innovation as well as the networked characteristics of regional innovation systems.  The relationship between innovation actors A series of indicators reflecting the activities of innovation actors and relationships between them were established, and then evaluate the functions and effects of innovation actors of each province, and provide guidance from the angle of coordinating the subject for regional innovation. Furthermore, technological capabilities have always been a fundamental component of economic growth. If the economy of a region is well developed, it absolutely can promote the regional innovation ability. But in qualitative research, when combining the existing literature which discussed the regional innovation mode and the relationship between innovation actors and the relationship, the conceptual model was developed. Empirical research This article contributes to existing scholarship by proposing a novel methodological approach that uses the AHP method to analyze the innovation activities of governments, universities, research institutes, and firms, and then uses cluster analysis to analyze the four actors of each region. The findings using this improved analytical approach as well as the implications for future research and policy and decision-making in order to improve the performance of regional innovation systems were discussed. Conclusions The innovation activity in each region of China has its own characteristics, and only a few regions are balanced, while the rest have their own weaknesses. From the analysis, we can conclude that the conditions promoting innovation or economic growth for different parts of the technology industries fall into the following pathways:undeveloped areas will promote economic growthintegrated innovation resources promote innovationassisting the integrated innovation mode with a new orientation view will promote both innovation and economic growth.Therefore, the developing area should focus on the value and market integrated guidance development mode, and strengthen the economic transformation with the comprehensive innovation mode. The developed area should hold the market oriented development mode, and pursue transformative developments with the open innovation model. References (1)  �lvarez, I., Mar�n, R. P. J. Int. Manag. 2010 , 16, 340.(2)  Arvanitis, S. Prog. J. Evol. Econ. 2012 , 22, 981. (3)  Boothby, D.; Dufour, A.; Tang, J. Res. Policy. 2010 , 69, 350.

Evaluating China's regional collaboration innovation capability by using AHP and cluster analytical approach

248th National Meeting (2014)

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