Abstract:Latecomer economies have entered a technological paradigm adjustment period,Business practices gradually shift from technology followed to innovative catching-up。This paper use industrial enterprises’ data of 2005 - 2007 years as sample, because it began to disclose research data in 2005,and based on the perspective of quality ,build the two- stage regression model of enterprise technology innovation intent and innovation catching-up performance, from the political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the legal system and corruption control discusses factors affecting the tendency and performance of enterprise technology innovation .The results showed that the index of institutional quality of enterprise technology innovation intent and performance have a positive effect of different degrees;Compared to the legal system, the positive effect of other institutional indicators on the technological innovation intention of enterprises is more significant than that of innovation output, and the sensitivity of the innovation output growth rate to the legal system is higher。Based on the study, combined with the current "Internet " background made some advise on enhance institutional quality, with a view to encourage Chinese enterprises to catch up with technological innovation and sustainable economic development to provide theoretical support.