The development and construction of emerging engineering is a hot issue in the field of higher engineering education reform in China. Based on the perspective of literature review, starting from the logical starting point of clarification research, this paper discusses the stage divisions of the development and construction of emerging engineering. Meanwhile, to understand the status quo of China's new engineering thought and construction research, this paper constructs the integrated framework of China's new engineering thought and construction path from three aspects:the paradigm shift of emerging engineering construction,the connotation characteristics of emerging engineering, emerging engineering construction and development path selection, which provides reference for promoting the research of emerging engineering construction in China.