Abstract:Regional innovation is an important carrier of innovation-driven development and plays an important role in regional economic growth. The evaluation of regional innovation capacity provides reference for central and local policy making. The China's Regional Innovation Capacity Evaluation Report of 2020 shows that innovation clusters with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Shaanxi as the centers have taken shape. Major progress has been achieved in building the global centers for scientific and technological innovation. Innovation capacity in the South is rising fast, while China's regional innovation capacity is still facing challenges. The gap between the East, the West and the South is widening, and the imbalance in innovation and development remains serious. The resources of science and education are not balanced, and the economic development between universities and regions is not close. In the future, we still need to rely on strategic layout to improve regional innovation capacity. Deepen the reform of scientific and technological system and improve regional innovation system. The layout of science and education resources and the establishment of enterprises as the main body of the industry-university-research cooperation innovation mode should be built. We will seize the opportunities of the digital economy and build a pole of growth for regional innovation.