With the increasingly internationalization of engineering education, the education reform and development trend for construction engineering management (CEM) is to set up effective professional programmatic accreditation system which is substantial equivalence with international accreditation system. The status of professional accreditation for CEM is analyzed first, then through drawing on the concepts, contents and standards of the Washington Accord, the enlightenment is achieved for the accreditation reform of CEM, i.e., transforming core concept of accreditation, linking the role of accreditation with registered engineer system, changing the way of accreditation, closely connecting with the industry field as well as advancing with the times. These will lay strong foundation for the revision of accreditation documents on CEM and improvement of accreditation system.