Abstract:Scientific evaluation of the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises is helpful to accelerate the process of agricultural modernization and build an innovation-oriented agricultural power. Based on the panel data of 56 listed agricultural enterprises in China from 2013 to 2019, an evaluation index system for the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises was constructed. Global factor analysis method was used to score and rank the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises, and cluster analysis was used to compare the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises in various regional. The results showed that the main factors affecting the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises were enterprise scale and finance, R&D output, regional innovation, R&D input, stuff quality and enterprise growth. The overall innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises was not strong, but it showed an increasing trend year by year. The innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises in different provinces was obviously different. On the whole, the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises in central and south China and northwest provinces was generally low.In view of how to enhance the innovation ability of listed agricultural enterprises, three policy Suggestions are put forward.