Applying knowledge to practice is the main goal of training skilled talents in Higher Vocational colleges. In terms of the present situation of vocational education reform in recent years

the education departments attach great importance to vocational education

and hope to form a “competence-oriented” employment model in society to promote the comprehensive recognition of vocational skills of Higher Vocational students. For this reason

the goal of vocational education has changed

with emphasis on training the core qualities of Higher Vocational students. This paper mainly explores the potential relationship between the development of students’ professional competence and literary literacy

and fully interprets the importance of literary literacy in the vocational development of Higher Vocational students.