Abstract: The rapid development of modern information technology has promoted the development of human society to the direction of digitalization and intelligence, therefore data and data thinking have become the key elements in the new era. On the basis of clarifying the concepts of thinking and thinking mode, this paper analyzes the connotation and characteristics of data thinking, and designs and constructs the basic path of cultivating business students' data thinking ability from three aspects: the update of big data concept, the cultivation of big data technology, and the practice of big data empowerment, and this provides a certain reference for the transformation of talent training in application-oriented business colleges so as to meet the challenges posed in the era of big data.

Key words: New era, Business college, Data thinking, Talent training, Enabling, Path, Practice