Abstract:Innovation ability is a concentrated expression of the economic strength of a country or region. Through an in-depth analysis of the deficiencies of evaluation index system of the existing regional innovation ability, this paper constructs the innovation ability index system of Zhejiang Province from the perspective of the innovation actors and taking into account the innovation input-output and the scale of innovation, and applies the comprehensive index method to measure the innovation ability of Zhejiang Province from 2010 to 2016. The results show that the comprehensive innovation ability index of Zhejiang Province has been increasing year by year with significant growth in 2012 and 2016; the score of innovation ability of institutes is slightly higher than that of the innovation environment and enterprises, while the innovation ability of colleges and universities is relatively fluctuating with slow growth. The innovation scale has outgrown the innovation level and the innovation input has grown faster than the innovation output.