Abstract:Shandong Peninsula National Innovation Demonstration Zone is the first national high-tech demonstration zone characterized by Marine economy. Based on the strategic positioning and regional characteristics of Shandong Peninsula National Innovation Demonstration Zone, this paper selects innovative support capacity, independent innovation capability, industrial cluster and internationalization as target domains which contain 7 criterion factors and 24 indicators, to evaluate the innovation capability of six high-tech industrial development zones which belong to Shandong Peninsula National Innovation Demonstration Zone. From overall innovation aspect, the development of science and technology innovation in Qingdao is more mature, and at the top of the six cities, followed by Jinan, and then Weifang, Zibo, Yantai and Weihai. Shandong Peninsula National Innovation Demonstration Zone should focus on the high-tech Marine industries, integrat regional resources, and achieve coordinated and complementary development of the six high-tech zones to improve the innovation capability of demonstration zone.