Abstract:Improving the knowledge spillover effect of inputs is one of the effective ways to promote innovation-driven and regional development. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2001 to 2017, this paper constructs a standardization level index representing the knowledge diffusion and absorption capacity of the region based on the standards’ system, and integrates it into the improved knowledge production function to analyze the impacts of inputs, including standardization, on innovation output. The results show that innovation output is more dependent on knowledge stock than traditional output forms (e.g. GDP), while being influenced by regional knowledge diffusion and absorptive capacity. Knowledge stock and regional standardization level have spillover effects on innovation output, and scale reward decreases. In the output process of innovative knowledge, the impacts of R D capital, R D personnel, knowledge stock, standardization level have significant regional differences, so it is suggested that different regions should formulate different innovation incentive policies based on different input factor structures.