The Influence Mechanism of Science and Education Integration on Regional Science and Technology Innovation Capability in the New Era
Education,science and technology,and talent are interconnected and mutually driven as a whole,and the integrated development of science and education is a key way to build a strong education,science and technology,and talent country.In the new era,the integration of science and education attaches more importance to the improvement of the overall efficiency of the innovation system,the overall coordination of macro,meso,and micro in structure,and the educational reform and innovation paradigm change for the purpose of meeting the needs of science and technology in terms of content.In order to deeply explore the impact of science and education integration on regional science and technology innovation,an evaluation index system for science and education integration is established,the coupled coordination degree model is used to measure the degree of development of science and education integration in 31 provinces in China from 2010-2019,a two-stage least-squares model is constructed between science and education integration and regional science and technology innovation capability,and endogeneity,heterogeneity,and robustness are examined.The results show that:(1)From 2010 to 2019,the average value of the degree of science and education integration of the 31 provinces in China as a whole increased from 0.35 to 0.479,which is a certain improvement but the whole is still at the dysfunctional level and there is a large regional difference.(2)The science and education integration has a significant positive impact on the regional scientific and technological innovation capacity,and the introduction of the local financial income as an instrumental variable reveals that local financial income effectively enhances the promotion effect of science and education integration on regional science and technology innovation capacity.(3)There are differences in the strength of the impact of science and education integration on regional science and technology innovation capacity,and the promotion of science and education integration in western China is the most significant in enhancing the scientific and technological innovation capacity in the region,which indicates that there is a great potential for the development of science and technology innovation capacity in western China.Based on this,the macro level should not only strengthen the intra-regional coordination and deployment of resources,but also support inter-regional assistance and collaboration,and promote the integrated development of education and scientific and technological talents,in order to enhance the overall effectiveness of the science and technology innovation system.
science and education integrationregional science and technology innovation capacitytalent cultivationlocal financial revenue