In China, the specialty structure in colleges and universities, particularly in newly-founded undergraduate colleges, is unable to meet social developmental demands, and this problem has become increasingly prominent, In response to this situation, starting from the status quo of specialty construction of Xiehang College, this paper analyzes the main problems existing in the specialty construction, and puts forward the new thinking on specialty construction of Xichang College from the several aspects, such as training social applied talents, strengthening the new specialties, setting up the professional direction, enhancing the practical ability of students, and so on.