当前,创新尤其是技术创新已经成为学术界研究的焦点。人们对于创新的青睐并不在于创新本身,而在于创新对于构建企业核心竞争力——企业生存和发展的基础的关键作用。该文通过对创新、企业核心竞争力及企业持续发展之间关系的分析和探讨,揭示出创新对企业核心竞争力及核心竞争力对企业生存和发展的关键作用,以期全面地把握创新的目的和意义。——编者 At present, innovation, especially technological innovation, has become the focus of academic research. What people love about innovation lies not in innovation itself, but in the crucial role that innovation plays in building the core competitiveness of an enterprise - the foundation for the survival and development of an enterprise. Through analyzing and discussing the relationship between innovation, enterprise’s core competence and enterprise’s sustainable development, this paper reveals the key role of innovation to enterprise’s core competitiveness and core competence to the survival and development of enterprises, in order to fully grasp the purpose of innovation And meaning. --editor