Author(s)

Shudan Yang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Optoelectronics and Communication Engineering, Yunnan Open University (Yunnan Technical College of Industry), Kunming, 650500, China

Corresponding Author

Shudan Yang

ABSTRACT

This paper examines Yunnan Province's competition-teaching integration mechanism as an innovative approach to aligning vocational education with industrial upgrading. Facing acute shortages of skilled technicians in green energy, biomedicine, and cross-border logistics, Yunnan introduced a collaborative model linking government, industry, and education within a demand-driven, feedback-responsive framework. Through competitions that transform enterprise "pain points" into learning scenarios, students gain applied expertise while their outputs inform curriculum and certification reform. Drawing on official data and provincial case evidence, the study analyzes the theoretical foundations—demand-driven education, situated learning, and educational feedback—and the governance structure that operationalizes them. It further proposes optimization strategies emphasizing enterprise co-governance, digital-platform construction, and regional cooperation under the Lancang-Mekong framework. Findings show that Yunnan's mechanism has built a closed loop of "industrial demand → competition → curriculum → employment feedback", improving skill relevance, institutional collaboration, and policy efficiency. The paper concludes that the Yunnan model provides a scalable pathway for integrating vocational education and industrial innovation in developing regions, offering policy implications for China's national modernization agenda and for international cooperation in skills development.

KEYWORDS

Competition-Teaching Integration; Collaborative Mechanism; Modern Vocational-Education System; Skills Governance; Industrial Upgrading

CITE THIS PAPER

Shudan Yang, Competition-Teaching Integration: A Collaborative Mechanism for Industry-Oriented Vocational Education Reform in Yunnan. Adult and Higher Education (2025) Vol. 7: 29-36. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2025.070505.

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