基于中国高职教育发展的内涵特征，建立测度高职院校专业设置发展水平的评价指标体系，采用“十三五”规划期内的广东省地级市面板数据，依托熵值法模型研究了广东省地级市高职院校专业设置发展的动态趋势、发展指数排名及其变化；采用K均值聚类和方差分解方法，对其空间格局演变及发展进行了结构性分析。研究结果表明：2016—2020年广东省高职院校专业设置发展水平均有所提升；总体上呈现“中心独高”的区域分布特征，即存在高职院校专业设置发展水平珠三角地区高，非珠三角地区较低的不均衡现象；专业设置的规模要素发展差异是广东省高职院校总体专业设置发展差异的主要结构性来源。据此，在新修订的《中华人民共和国职业教育法》的发展背景下，有针对性地提出推动广东省高职院校专业设置高质量发展的实施策略：一是抓住新《职业教育法》重要的发展机遇；二是增强专业设置的适应性；三是推动资源集聚加速产教深度融合；四是鼓励跨学科交叉融合；五是优化高职教育发展保障机制。

Based on the intrinsic characteristics of the development of vocational education in China, a comprehensive evaluation index system was established to measure the development level of majors in vocational colleges. Using panel data from the prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the study relied on the entropy method model to investigate the dynamic trends, development index rankings, and variations in the development of majors in vocational colleges in the prefecture-level cities of Guangdong Province. The study also employed K-means clustering and variance decomposition methods to conduct a structural analysis of the spatial patterns and development of these majors.The findings indicate that the development level of majors in vocational colleges in Guangdong Province showed an overall improvement from 2016 to 2020. The overall distribution features a "high concentration in the central region," revealing an imbalance where the development level of majors in vocational colleges is higher in the Pearl River Delta region and lower in non-Pearl River Delta regions. The developmental differences in the scale elements of major settings constitute the main structural source of overall differences in the development of majors in vocational colleges in Guangdong Province.In light of these findings and against the backdrop of the newly revised "People's Republic of China Vocational Education Law," targeted implementation strategies are proposed to promote the high-quality development of major settings in vocational colleges in Guangdong Province. These strategies include seizing important development opportunities presented by the new Vocational Education Law, enhancing the adaptability of major settings, promoting the aggregation of resources to accelerate the integration of industry and education, encouraging interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, and optimizing the mechanisms ensuring the development of vocational education.