科技企业孵化器(以下简称孵化器)或称为创业服务中心,是在市场经济条件下推动知识创新和科技成果转化的一个有效手段。科技创业孵化器于本世纪50年代在美国首先出现,而大规模的发展成长只发生在近20年来,科技创业孵化器对全球知识创新和高新技术产业的发展作出了巨大的贡献。 Technology business incubators (hereinafter referred to as incubators) or as business service centers are an effective means of promoting knowledge innovation and transformation of scientific and technological achievements under market economy. The incubator for science and technology started its emergence in the United States in the 1950s. The large-scale development and growth have taken place only in the past 20 years. The incubator has made a tremendous contribution to the global knowledge innovation and the development of high-tech industries.