中文摘要：

区域创新能力是影响经济社会发展的关键要素.文章选取中原经济区作为区域研究样本,以1991-2010年为时间段,通过建立VAR模型,对中原经济区TFP增长率代表的经济增长质量与多层次的“创新能力”（包括创新资金投入强度、创新人力资本和创新制度能力）之间的相互影响进行了实证分析.研究结果表明：在短期,创新制度能力对提升区域经济增长质量效果显著;在长期,提高创新资金投入强度和创新人力资本对提升区域经济增长质量效果显著.

英文摘要：

The capacity of regional innovation is an important issue that affects the economic and social development. In this paper, the study object is Henan Province which is the main part of the Central Plains Economic Zone from the year of 1991 to 2010. With the establishment of the VAR model, the author made the empirical research on the interaction between the quality of economic growth that the growth rate of TFP in Henan represented and the multi-level innovation which included the investment intensity of innovative capital, human capital and institutional capacity. The result shows that the institutional capacity reflected significant effect on enhancing the quality of economic growth in Henan in the short time while the investment intensity of innovative capital and human capital did in the long run.