Abstract:The G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, as an organizational form of regional science and technology innovation network, studying the relationship between science and technology finance input and total factor productivity in the region can help promote the rational allocation of resources and better implement the strategy of innovation-driven development. This study samples nine science and technology-oriented listed companies located in nine cities along the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor in the Yangtze River Delta region between 2016 and 2022. It empirically examines the impact of science and technology finance input on the total factor productivity of these enterprises, as well as the underlying mechanisms that drive this impact. The study found that the increase in science and technology finance input can significantly improve the total factor productivity of science and technology enterprises. After using the instrumental variable method and system GMM to alleviate the endogeneity problem, the results remain robust. The mechanism analysis shows that science and technology finance input significantly improves the total factor productivity of science and technology enterprises through two channels: expanding the enterprise's innovation boundary and alleviating financing constraints. The heterogeneity analysis shows that for science and technology enterprises in industries with fast technological change and non-state-owned enterprises, the promotion of total factor productivity by science and technology finance input is more obvious. A deeper analysis reveals that the enhancement of total factor productivity among science and technology enterprises within the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, facilitated by science and technology finance input, can yield notable effects in the realm of digital technology innovation, thus fostering the advancement of "new-quality productivity" among these enterprises.