Abstract:With the continuous economic development, the problems need to be solved in sustainable development is increasing; sustainable innovation is concerned by people, if the sustainable innovation were promoted, the sustainable innovation policy is essential. In this paper, we apply the innovative systems approach to analyze the key issues of sustainable innovation policy process to be solved, the unidirectional policy transition to sustainable innovation policy should have done the following:(1) stimulating the development of a sustainable innovation policy regime, bringing together innovation and environmental policy regimes; (2) applying systems thinking, engaging with the interactions of innovation systems and policy-making processes, to promote a transition to sustainability.