EIREducational Innovation Research3029-18443029-1852WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/EIR.v4i1.1309ArticleA Review of the Impact of “Group-Based” Educational Assistance in East-West Cooperation on Secondary Vocational Education and Teaching in Western Chinahttps://artdesignp.com/journal/EIR/4/1/10.18063/EIR.v4i1.1309WangFen2026412026-01-26The “group-based” educational assistance in the collaboration between the Eastern and Western regions is an important strategic innovation for the country to promote balanced regional educational development. This article aims to review the multi-dimensional impact of this model on the teaching of secondary vocational education in the western region by systematically sorting out relevant academic literature and policy texts. Research has found that the “Group-based” assistance has achieved remarkable results in innovating the teaching concepts and methods of secondary vocational schools in the Western region, optimizing the curriculum and resource system, enhancing the professional capabilities of teachers, and improving the practical training teaching conditions through means such as concept input, resource connection, and team embedding. At the same time, it has also greatly improved the teaching quality and level of secondary vocational schools in the Western region. However, it has also exposed deep-seated challenges such as insufficient sustainability of assistance effects, conflicts in cultural adaptability, and inadequate stimulation of endogenous motivation. Future research should go beyond the summary of experience and shift towards empirical exploration of the mechanism of action, the construction of a long-term evaluation system, and the exploration of digital empowerment paths, in order to promote the in-depth transformation of the assistance model from “blood transfusion” to “blood production”.East-West collaboration,Group-based assistance,Educational assistance,Secondary vocational education,Teaching influence

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