The invention belongs to the field of cephalosporin antibiotic medicaments, and in particular relates to a method for synthesizing 7-phenylacetylamino-3-chloromethyl cephalosporin alkyl acid p-methoxybenzyl ester (GCLE). The technical proposal is that the method comprises the following steps: reacting penicillin sulfoxide ester with ammonium benzene sulfinate and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in dichloromethane, and steaming out a solvent at normal pressure to generate aza-cyclobutanone thiosulfinate intermediate; adding dichloromethane to the intermediate after cooling, stirring and introducing saturated brine ice for cooling, adding trichloro isocyanic acid for reaction so as to generate an allylic chlorination product of the aza-cyclobutanone thiosulfinate; and reducing the pressure and drying the allylic chlorination product by distillation, adding dimethyl formamide to the product, stirring and introducing saturated brine ice for cooling, adding ammonia for reaction, adding water and dichloromethane to the mixture, mixing and stirring the mixture, standing for layering, transferring a dichloromethane layer at the bottom layer to another reactor, and steaming out the solvent at the normal pressure to obtain a dry product which is the GCLE. The method has the advantages of mild reaction condition, few reaction steps, simple operation, short production cycle, and improved production efficiency.