"1+X" certificate system is the equivalence and intercommunication between academic certificate and vocational skill level certificate, and is a new measure of modern vocational education reform. It aims to cultivate high-quality technical and skilled talents, accelerate the construction of modern vocational education system, and improve the quality and efficiency of modern vocational education. By integrating the "1+X" certificate system into the teaching process of machinery manufacturing major of higher vocational education, the reform of the training mode of technical and skilled talents is deepened and the innovation of the teaching reform of higher vocational education is promoted through the research of personnel training mode, school-enterprise cooperation, teacher team construction, core curriculum construction, modern teaching means, learning achievement evaluation mechanism and other aspects.