Abstract:Innovation index is the mainstream way of monitor innovation capability in domestic and foreign. This paper selects 7 typical innovation index, such as the global innovation index, to explore the construction characteristics of the evaluation framework of innovation ability, the rule of selecting innovation indicator. Results are shown as: (1) the innovation process based on “input - output" is the theoretical basis of the evaluation framework of innovation capability in domestic and foreign; (2)innovation environment has gradually become the main content of the domestic and foreign innovation capability evaluation; (3)on the basis of the construction of the index framework based on the specific regional innovation ability has obvious regional development orientation; (4)science and technology human resource indicator, patent output indicator are mandatory indicator in evaluation; (5) establishing structural indicator is an important criterion to construct the evaluation index system of innovation capability; (6)qualitative indicator is reflected in the selection of institutional innovation indicator, innovation service indicator and innovation environment indicator.