知识经济是以现代科学技术为核心,建立在知识和信息的生产、传播、使用和消费基础之上的经济。知识经济具有综合性、集约性、高增值性、高技术性和可持续性的基本特征。当代世界发达国家技术进步和知识增长的速度越来越快,知识和信息对经济增长和社会发展的作用,已超过了资本和自然资源。知识经济就是在近年来随着世界高新技术不断深入发展、科技经济一体化进程日益加快而出现的新的经济形态。知识经济发展是历史发展的必然产物,是在农业经济、工业经济的基础上发展起来的。因此,原有经济基础和科技、教育水平以及对高新技术的创新能力都对知识经济发展起着重要影响。所以,在跨入21世纪迎接知识经济挑战的时候,分析清楚有利条件和障碍因素便于针对性采取措施,促进山东知识经济的快速发展。山东发展知识经济的有利条件是:1.随着我国改革开放的深入,山东省委、省政府狠抓两个转变,在全国率先提出了“科教兴鲁”的战略方针,并具体制定了“四兴一高”的措施,使全省科技工作卓有成效。党的“十五”大以后,山东省委、省政府认真贯彻中央 Knowledge economy is based on modern science and technology as the core, based on the production, dissemination, use and consumption of knowledge and information economy. The knowledge economy has the basic features of comprehensiveness, intensiveness, high value-added, high-tech and sustainability. The technological advances and knowledge growth of the developed countries in the contemporary world are getting faster and faster. The role of knowledge and information in economic growth and social development has surpassed the capital and natural resources. In recent years, the knowledge economy is a new economic form that has emerged as the world’s high-tech continues to develop in depth and the process of scientific and technological economic integration is accelerating. The development of knowledge-based economy is an inevitable outcome of historical development and has been developed on the basis of agricultural economy and industrial economy. Therefore, the original economic foundation and science and technology, education level and innovation ability of high and new technology all play an important influence on the development of knowledge economy. Therefore, when entering the 21st century to meet the challenge of knowledge-based economy, the analysis clearly shows that favorable conditions and obstacles can facilitate targeted measures and promote the rapid development of Shandong’s knowledge-based economy. Shandong favorable conditions for the development of knowledge-based economy are: 1. With the deepening of China’s reform and opening up, Shandong provincial party committee and government pay close attention to two changes in the country put forward the first “science and education to promote Lu” strategic direction and the specific formulation The “Four Hing One High” measures to make the province’s scientific and technological work fruitful. After the “15th Five-Year Plan” of the party, Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government conscientiously implemented the Central Government