IEFInternational Education Forum3083-49022981-8605Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/ief.v3i8.12065ArticlePractical Paths for Higher Vocational Education to Empower Rural Revitalization in the Kangba Regionhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/IEF/3/8/10.26689/ief.v3i8.12065DengHuai2025382025-09-18Under the background of rural revitalization, higher vocational education plays a crucial role in talent cultivation, industrial layout, and ecological civilization construction. As an important multi-ethnic integration area in western China, the Kangba region undertakes key tasks such as plateau ecological protection, ethnic cultural inheritance, and new energy industrial layout. Promoting rural revitalization in the Kangba region through higher vocational education, deepening industry-education collaboration, innovating educational carriers, and driving higher vocational education to empower rural revitalization and modern development in the Kangba region.

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