Shanxi province is a typical resource-based region. Its development is factor-driven. There is a serious resource dependence and technological innovation “crowding out effect”，leading to slow economic growth. Abandoning the resource dependence thought of traditional factor-driven，Relying on some soft power，such as technological innovation and institutional change，to promote industrial transformation and sustainable development，fostering the inner growth mechanism of regional economy，exploring the path of technological innovation in the process of transformation of resource-based industries，forming a model of innovation driven resource based economic development，which is the key and motive source for the transformation of resource-based industries in Shanxi.