Aiming at the diversified characteristics of rural revitalization paths and power sources driven by innovative human resources,based on China's provincial panel data,the study systematically constructs a rural revitalization evaluation index system,explores the heterogeneous structure of the level of rural revitalization in each province in China,and deeply explores the role of innovative human capital in rural revitalization paths and power mechanisms.The study finds that innovative human capital has a significant role in promoting rural revitalization,and there is regional heterogeneity in the positive impact of innovative human capital on rural revitalization,and innovative human capital can significantly improve the level of rural revitalization in the central region and the western region,and the western region has the greatest role in the improvement.
rural revitalizationinnovative human capitalevaluation indicatorspathway mechanismsregional heterogeneity