The Comparative Research on City's ST Innovation Capacity of Jiangsu Province-Based on Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis

摘要

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.