Research on Assessment Trend and Index Design for the Scientific and Technological Innovation Ability of Local Universities in the New Era

The assessment trend of scientific and technological innovation in local universities in the new era should advocate "returning to the original evaluation nature of stimulating the vitality of scientific and technological innovation in local universities", "responding to practical concerns of serving local and regional economic and social development", and "rebuilding the assessment guidance of local universities on the social contribution indicators of regional development". Local universities shoulder the important responsibility of providing intellectual and scientific support for regional social and economic development, and their status as the source of knowledge and talents for regional innovation development is becoming more and more prominent. According to different attributes and missions, local colleges and universities can be divided into three categories: research, application and vocational skills, which are different in terms of scientific and technological innovation objectives and evaluation priorities. In order to explore the construction of the evaluation system of scientific and technological innovation capacity of local universities, experts from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and their universities in the field of scientific and technological innovation management and evaluation research were invited to conduct research and questionnaire consultation. On this basis, it insists on innovation-oriented, quality-oriented and contribution-oriented, establishes a tiered and classified evaluation system for scientific and technological innovation of local colleges and universities, and constructs three-level evaluation indexes for the evaluation of scientific and technological innovation capability of local colleges and universities in five dimensions, including scientific and technological innovation team, scientific and technological innovation support conditions, scientific and technological innovation achievements, social contribution and influence, and talent training. The key points for the evaluation of science and technology innovation capability of different types of local universities are proposed, namely, local research universities should focus on the indicators of "scientific and technological leadership", "scientific research contribution" and "scientific and technological innovation achievements"; local application universities should focus on the indicators of "economic contribution" and "talent training"; local vocational skilled universities should emphasize the indicator of "talent training".