Abstract: The rapid development of Xinjiang's industrial economy can not be separated from the support of automation professionals. Driven by the "The Belt and Road" construction, the rapid development of Xinjiang's industrial economy has constantly increased the demand for automation professionals. The development of automation majors in local universities in Xinjiang must also face the industries and enterprises in Xinjiang, and take the road of integration of industry and education and school enterprise cooperation. This paper expounds the current development status of school enterprise collaborative education for automation majors, analyzes the reasons for the problems, proposes a new mode of school enterprise collaborative education for automation majors: optimizes the top-level design, improves the school enterprise collaborative education system; further promotes the integration of production and education, improves the quality of talent training, and meets the needs of Xinjiang's industrial and economic development for high-quality automation application talents.

Key words: Automation, School enterprise cooperation, Collaborative education, Integration of industry and education, Applied talents, Talent training quality