创新型人才从本质特征看应该是一个结构性概念,它的构成有两个层面的内容:一是操作层面的,即创新能力;二是思想层面的,即创新精神。我们必须看到,要造就人的创新能力,首先必须要培植能孕育它的“土壤”,即形成具有创新能力的思想基础。人的创新能力必须以人的创新精神为支撑。培养创新能力,首先必须培养创新精神。自强不息的进取精神、百折不挠的意志品质、服务社会的价值取向、团结奋斗的合作意识,都是创新精神的应有之义。目前,社会上有关创新型人才的讨论,较多地强调创新能力这种技术与操作的支持系统,而没有 Innovative talent from the essential characteristics of the view should be a structural concept, its composition has two levels of content: First, the operational level, that is, innovation ability; Second, the ideological level, that is, the spirit of innovation. We must realize that to create a person’s ability to innovate, we must first cultivate the “soil” that can nurture it, that is, form the ideological foundation for innovation. People’s ability to innovate must be supported by the human spirit of innovation. To cultivate innovative ability, we must first cultivate the spirit of innovation. Striving for self-reliance, determination and perseverance in the will, value orientation in serving the community, and sense of cooperation in unity and struggle are the due meanings of the innovative spirit. At present, the discussion on innovative talents in the society places more emphasis on the support system of technology and operation such as innovation capability, but not