Abstract: New technology-oriented enterprises’ embedding into cluster network is not only a shortcut for the rapid growth of enterprises, but also an opportunity to enhance the competitiveness of cluster network. The evolutionary game method is used to established the tripartite game model among new technology-oriented enterprises,enterprises already embedded in the cluster and government. The evolutionary stability strategy of the three participants is analyzed, and the results are further verified by numerical simulation analysis. The results show that the evolutionary stable strategy is influenced by the cost, the support from the government, the incentive value, the penalty value and the participants’ initial willingness to participate. Enterprises focuses on the long-term benefits brought by networking advantages rather than the benefits of a single collaboration. In the initial stage of forming cluster network, the participation of enterprises already embedded in the cluster is more conducive to the successful embedding of new technology-oriented enterprises than that of the government. In the later stage of forming cluster network, when enterprises’ willingness to participate is high, government can gradually withdraw its support for enterprises’ network establishment.

Key words: technology-oriented new enterprises; government support; network embedding; evolutionary game