Evaluation and Research on Innovation Ability of Qinghai Leading Industry

In recent years, the leading industries have made great contribution to the regional economy in Qinghai province. We use data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess the efficiency of leading industry innovation in Qinghai province, it shows that there are three different types of leading industry innovation efficiency, constant returns to scale, increasing returns to scale and decreasing returns to scale. Both redundant inputs and insufficient outputs are existing at the low efficiency leading industry innovation. By comparing the leading industry innovation efficiency of Qinghai province to the similar national industry sector, we find that overall innovation efficiency of leading industry in Qinghai province is lower than the similar industry's average level of the whole nation, but a part of industries innovation efficiency is slightly higher than the national average. Then we analyze the factors which influence the efficiency of regional leading industry innovation in Qinghai Province, finally we puts forward countermeasures to improve the ability of innovation.