Abstract: As the link between decision-makers, the public, power and science, science and technology decision-making consultation is an inevitable requirement of modern scientific progress and social development, and the role of it has become increasingly prominent in modern scientific decision-making. This paper systematically sorted out the highest science and technology decision-making consultation mechanism in major developed countries, and summarized its characteristics and functions; based on the experience of typical countries it analyzed the basic current situation and existing problems of science and technology innovation decision-making consultation in China; combined China’s actual situation and innovation development needs, measures and suggestions to improve the national science and technology innovation decision-making consultation system were put forward.

Key words: science and technology decision-making consultation system, operating mechanism, foreign experience, policy suggestion