Abstract:Regional talent development is related to talent team construction and regional economic development, and it is the core and key to implement the strategy of talent power in the new era. This paper aims to construct a set of index evaluation system which can reflect the talent development ability and level of each city in China. The factor analysis results of 1012 questionnaires show that the regional talent development consists of four basic dimensions of scientific and technological development, allocation development, education development and health development, covering 17 specific indicators in total. Based on the practice evaluation of the index system of 21 cities in Guangdong Province, it is found that the talent development situation in pearl River Delta, North Guangdong, west Guangdong and east Guangdong has similarities within and differences among regions, and the central effect is obvious. The correlation test between the index and the data of talent growth and economic development shows that the index is effective. Based on the results of index evaluation and the theory and method of talent development, the paper puts forward some suggestions for regional talent development from the perspective of introduction, use, cultivation and retention.