Assessing Innovation Quality of Regional Leading Industries from Patent Navigation Perspective Xiaoyu Wang*, Xian Zhang**, Yi Xu** and Shuying Li** * wangxy@clas.ac.cn 0009-0006-9886-4895 National Science Library (Chengdu), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China ** zhangx@clas.ac.cn; xuy@clas.ac.cn; lisy@clas.ac.cn 0000-0002-6297-1190; 0000-0001-7556-6875; 0000-0002-0544-2970 National Science Library (Chengdu), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Department of Information Resource Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Abstract: The construction of the China’s Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle is a major measure to build a new development pattern dominated by the China’s domestic cycle and mutually reinforcing domestic and international dual cycles. Chengdu High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Chongqing High-tech Industrial Development Zone are the "vanguards" in the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle. Introducing the concept of patent navigation into regional industrial innovation evaluation, this paper constructs a progressive approach for industrial innovation quality research which consists of "innovation fundamentals judgment, input-output benefit measurement, innovation quality evaluation, and innovation path research". The methodology include an evaluation index system of industrial innovation quality, and a dynamic coordination analysis model of the innovation system. Keywords: Innovation Quality, Regional Leading Industries, Patent Navigation, China’s Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle 1. Introduction The construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle has become a major strategic support for promoting the coordinated development of the regional economic layout under the new situation. It is also a new growth point following mature city clusters such as the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. The Chengdu High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Chengdu HIDZ) and Chongqing High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Chongqing HIDZ) are national-level high-tech zones with a “natural mission” for reform, innovation, and high-quality development. They are the “vanguards” in the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle. Their leading industries serve as the realistic foundation and future trend of the regional economy, with guiding, agglomerating, and diffusing roles. Seizing the leading industries means seizing the “leading edge” to promote the development of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle. Conducting research on the innovation quality evaluation of the leading industries in the two high-tech zones helps clarify the innovative elements of the Chengdu-Chongqing region, grasp the current status of industrial development, and determine the future direction of innovation. It provides decision support for further establishing a clear positioning, and realizing complementary advantages of the Chengdu- Chongqing region’s collaborative innovation network, thus promoting high-quality integrated development of the regional economy. 2. Research Background and Purpose Currently, there is a variety of research focuses on the connotation of regional industrial innovation quality and its evaluation. Haner (2002) first proposed the conceptual framework of innovation quality, which includes defining innovation quality at the product/service, process, and firm levels. Dian Prihadyanti (2019) defines the innovation quality of a firm as the sum of customer satisfaction and the evaluation of the firm’s innovation capability. In addition,