This paper studies the relationship of the government R&D input, markel competition and enterprise independence innovation by using the panel data of manufacturing industry. The empirical result shows that: (1) there are an inverted-U relationship between the market competition and the firm level independence innovation; (2) the government R&D input can significantly promote independence innovation. When the market competition exceeds the top critical value in inverted U-shape, the role of government R&D input in promoting of the enterp...