Abstract: The implementation of ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River basin provides an opportunity for the reform development of higher vocational education. Higher vocational education should base on the new era, take the initiative to meet the new strategic, new tasks and new requirements, actively explore from talent cultivation system, specialty construction, teacher team construction, and cultivate high-quality technical talents on demand, to provide human resources support for ecological protection and high-quality development of Yellow River basin.