Abstract:An analysis framework of science and technology talents policy was constructed from the dimension of S&T talents development, innovation policy tools and technology life cycle. It analyzed the policy texts issued from the year of 2008 to 2016 regarding S&T talents policies in Guangdong Province. Research showed that policies issued in Guangdong was given priority to normative and binding ones, and was relative lack of operability; Guangdong attached great importance to talent incentive, talent training and talent introduction, but efforts on talent evaluation, talent flow and talent security were not enough; Guangdong tended to use supply-side and environmental-side policy tools than demand-side policy tools; S&T talents policies regarding basic research, common technology development and commercialization in technology life cycle were more balancedly used. Some suggestions are put forward in optimizing the S&T talents policies by combining with the innovation policy tools and technology life cycle.