With participation in many competitions related to automation majors, research has found that existing related teaching problems in the teaching process of automation majors can be improved and solved by means of competitions. Therefore, the school has set up a competition research group, combined with the characteristics of various competitions, to carry out discussion and research on teaching reform, revise and formulate student training programs, reform teaching methods and assessment indicators, and promote students’ autonomy in the learning process of automation and innovation. The scores of the students’ design competitions have become an important indicator to measure students’ learning effectiveness and teachers’ teaching level. In recent years, the students’ comprehensive ability and the number of awards during the competition show the preliminary teaching reform achievements of our school’s automation major to promote learning through competition.