进入“十三五”的开局之年,上海肩负着建设具有全球影响力的科技创新中心的历史任务,这是上海作为改革开放排头兵、创新发展先行者的历史使命。建设具有全球影响力的科技创新中心,需要以推进科技治理体系和治理能力现代化为重要前提条件之一。而如何正确认识和把握政府的作用、科学界定政府在科技创新中的角色定位,是推进我国科技治理现代化的一个关键问题。本文从分析科技创新中心建设中的政府优势与问题入手,通过观察 Entering the first year of “13th Five-Year Plan”, Shanghai is shouldering the historic task of building a science and technology innovation center with global influence. This is Shanghai’s historical mission of becoming the vanguard of reform and opening up and the forerunner of innovation and development. Building a science and technology innovation center with global influence needs to be one of the important preconditions for promoting the modernization of science and technology governance and governance. How to correctly understand and grasp the role of the government, define the role of government in science and technology innovation scientifically is a key issue to promote the modernization of science and technology in our country. This article begins with the analysis of the advantages and problems of government in the construction of science and technology innovation center and through the observation