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Utilizing panel data from 284 prefecture-level cities across China from 2013 to 2023, it empirically analyzes the roles and mechanisms of efficient market and proactive government in facilitating the deep integration. Findings indicate that the market\u2019s \u201cpush\u2013pull mechanism\u201d promotes the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation, enhancing output performance. However, market mechanism exhibits diminishing marginal output performance: beyond a certain threshold, the force to drive further performance improvements weakens. The government\u2019s role can positively influence the market mechanism\u2019s ability to drive deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and growth in output performance. In coordinating government and market efforts, the following principles should be observed: as market mechanism matures, gradually enhance technological innovation by allocating human capital to research activities, particularly basic research; formulate industrial policies that progressively prioritize science and technology innovation activities; and advance the development of public goods, such as technology transfer and commercialization platforms. 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