国家之间、企业之间的竞争将突出地表现为城市层面的竞争 ,中国的全球竞争力将在很大程度上取决于能否建设一批具有全球竞争力的城市。提高城市竞争力 ,成为中国许多城市十分关注的热门话题。知识经济时代 ,高新技术产业是各国综合国力竞争的关键 ,成为决定城市资源的配置和利用效果的决定因素。本文将高新技术产业的发展嵌入到城市竞争力研究范式之中 ,通过高新技术产业对城市竞争力作用机理的分析 ,提出了以“发展高新技术产业 ,提升城市竞争力”为导向的城市发展战略研究框架 ,并利用该研究框架对我国东、西部城市进行实证研究 Competition among enterprises and enterprises will be prominently manifested as competition at the city level. China's global competitiveness will depend to a large extent on the ability to build a number of cities with global competitiveness. Increasing the competitiveness of the city has become a hot topic of great concern to many cities in China. In the age of knowledge-based economy, high-tech industries are the key to the competitiveness of all countries in their overall national strength and have become the decisive factor in determining the allocation and utilization of urban resources. In this paper, the development of high-tech industry is embedded into the research paradigm of urban competitiveness. Based on the analysis of the mechanism of high-tech industry's competitiveness on the city, the paper puts forward the urban development strategy oriented by “developing high-tech industry and enhancing urban competitiveness” Research framework, and use the research framework to conduct empirical research on the cities in the east and west of China