**6. Conclusions**

Innovation and environmental protection are the main themes of China's development today, and the lack of efficient land use is one of the main problems of China's development. This paper analyses the relationship between innovation agglomeration, land use transition

and industrial pollution, and subtly investigates the question of whether innovationoriented land use transition can reduce industrial pollution emissions. Using provinciallevel data from 2006–2018, the paper draws conclusions through a spatial econometric model and proposes a series of targeted policy implications based on an analysis of the spatio-temporal evolution of industrial pollution and innovation agglomeration, in the hope of providing theoretical support for China's triple-win development (innovation, land use transition and environmental protection).

The conclusions are as follows:


Based on the above, we have obtained some inspiration on policy making:


(4) Strengthen financial support for science and technology research and development, and build a platform for cross-regional, cross-university and cross-disciplinary collaboration to increase the utilisation of research funds. At the same time, the governmen<sup>t</sup> should continue to maintain the level of green coverage in all regions.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, Y.M., K.W. and Y.L.; formal analysis, Y.M. and Y.L.; methodology, K.W.; writing—review and editing Y.M., K.W. and Y.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research was funded by Fujian Innovation Strategy Joint Project: Research on the Integration Mechanism of Fujian High Tech Industry Innovation Chain and Industry Chain, gran<sup>t</sup> number 2020R0143.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** Not applicable.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable.

**Data Availability Statement:** All data comes from the statistical yearbook published by the government.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
