Independent innovation is the premise and primary power of industry transition.Since the founding of the national demonstration zone of industry transition undertaking by South Hunan Province, the industry transition undertaking by Hengyang has achieved a rapid progress.However,the independent innovation capability in Hengyang falls behind its industry transition.Based on establishing the index system of independent innovation,utilizing Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), this article analyses the independent innovation capability in Hengyang from 2011 to 2014 and reaches a conclusion that the i...