Changing university classroom teaching and improving the quality of talent cultivation are the key links to adapt to the new situation and new needs of the current national economic development. This paper starts from the realistic characteristics of the demand for talents in the era of digital economy, based on the analysis of the challenges posed by the era of digital economy to international trade professionals, and puts forward the idea of constructing the teaching and composite talent training mode for international trade majors in the context of digital economy, in order to cultivate high-quality innovative talents for international trade majors that are more in line with the economic and social development.