Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leadership of Chinese Higher Vocational Students

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the core competence of Chinese vocational college students' innovation and entrepreneurship leadership. According to the evaluation results, the researchers analyzed the causes of the existing problems, and put forward some suggestions for the reform of the teaching model of innovation and entrepreneurship education in higher vocational colleges in China. In this research, 287 sophomores from Guangdong College of Hotel Management in the autumn semester of 2024 are taken as samples. The Self-assessment Scale of Chinese College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ability is used as an evaluation tool, and the evaluation methods such as mean value and standard difference are adopted to obtain the comprehensive evaluation results of Chinese vocational students. The research results show that many qualities of Chinese vocational college students are in line with their age characteristics, such as self-confidence, perseverance, and ideas, but their theoretical knowledge and ability of innovation and entrepreneurship leadership need to be improved. This further shows that the traditional teaching model is no longer suitable for innovation and entrepreneurship education. After analyzing the evaluation results, the researchers believe that Timmons' entrepreneurial process theory and integrated leadership theory should be used as the theoretical basis of innovation and entrepreneurship education teaching model, and put into practice in innovation and entrepreneurship projects and competitions, so as to improve students' innovation and entrepreneurship leadership.