Abstract Innovation driving is an important mode of high-quality economic development and a strategic support for building a modern economic system. The article takes the county economy of Zhejiang Province as the research sample, based on the innovation-driven theory, using social innovation, enterprise innovation, technological innovation, innovation atmosphere and innovative services as innovation-driven factors, and builds an index system of economic innovation-driven levels. This article measures the innovation driven level of 69 counties in Zhejiang Province. The measurement results show that the innovation driven level of in Hangzhou urban area, Ningbo urban area, and Jiaxing urban area are relatively high, and the counties innovation driven level matches the concentration of innovation factors and innovation resources. From the perspective of new economic geography, this research on the spatial evolution and distribution characteristics of innovation drivers in counties in Zhejiang Province shows that innovation drivers in various dimensions tend to agglomerate in the Hangzhou Bay area. The spatial spillover effect of innovation drivers is highly correlated with the spatial agglomeration level.
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