Abstract:Using data from 30 provinces and municipalities in China from 2011 to 2020 as a research sample, this paper explores the impact of the allocation of basic research funding by different executive departments on regional basic research efficiency based on a stochastic frontier analysis model that measures the efficiency of four types of basic research outputs: the number of Sci scientific papers published, the number of Ei scientific papers, the number of Cpcis scientific papers and the number of scientific publications in each region. The main findings of the study are as follows: firstly, the higher the basic research funding allocated to enterprises, institutions and other agencies, the more efficient the output of the number of regional Sci science and technology papers, the number of Ei science and technology papers and the number of science and technology publications; the higher the basic research funding allocated to universities, the more efficient the output of the number of regional Cpcis science and technology papers. Secondly, the level of regional economic development and the financial pressure of local governments have a significant negative influence on the efficiency of regional basic research; the degree of financial development, the level of higher education and the level of openness to the outside world have a significant positive influence on the efficiency of regional basic research.