Research on the Matching of Major Setting and Industrial Development of Suzhou Higher Vocational Colleges in the Context of High-quality Development

The major setting of higher vocational colleges and universities is a key link to promoting higher vocational colleges and universities to serve the regional economic development. This study takes 17 higher vocational colleges and universities in Suzhou China as the research object and explores in depth the fit between their major settings and the development of local industries. By systematically analyzing the characteristics of Suzhou's current industrial structure, the key developmental industrial fields, and the major layout of the higher vocational colleges, the matching status between the major structure and industrial structure of Suzhou's higher vocational colleges is revealed by using the deviation degree model. Based on the problems found in the study and the future development trend of the industry, we put forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions, aiming to promote the synergistic development of the major setting and industrial structure of higher vocational colleges and universities, to adapt to and leading the transformation and upgrading of the regional economy.