Abstract:In order to realize the green transformation of urban development in China, this paper takes 37 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt as the research object based on Super-SBM model and GML index, evaluates the urban green innovation efficiency and its dynamic evolution rule, and uses spatial Durbin model to test the constraints of efficiency in different regions. The results show that, firstly, the overall green innovation efficiency along the Yangtze River Economic Belt has increased, and the downstream, upstream and midstream area is arranged from high to low, the regional gap is wide. Secondly, the technological progress of midstream area is better than that of the upstream area, but midstream area still has much room for technical efficiency. Thirdly, improving the green innovation efficiency of nearby cities will have a positive spillover effect on the city as a whole, but the spillover effect in midstream area is negative. In addition, the economic development, industrial upgrading and urban opening up all promote the improvement of green innovation efficiency as a whole, and the relationship between environmental regulation and efficiency is a U-shaped curve, however, the performance of factors is significantly in different areas. Finally, the paper also puts forward countermeasures for the Yangtze River Economic Belt to balance environmental protection and economic growth, and realize regional coordinated development from the aspects of building a coordinated development belt, improving the concept of local policy implementation and continue to open up.