The invention discloses a new synthetic method of sivelestat sodium hydrate, comprising the following steps: successively pouring acyl chloride, a nonpolar organic solvent, an alkaline acid-binding agent, glycine methyl ester hydrochloride and an amide-type catalyst into a reactor so as to react, pouring reaction products into diluted hydrochloric acid, removing an organic layer, adjusting pH of a water layer to neutral with diluted alkali, filtering, drying, recystalizing, drying to obtain N-benzoyloxycarbonylmethyl-2-aminobenzamideglycine; successively pouring N-benzoyloxycarbonylmethyl-2-aminobenzamideglycine, 4-pivaloyloxybenzenesulfonyl choride, the nonpolar organic solvent, the alkaline acid-binding agent and the amide-type catalyst into a reaction vessel to react, pouring reaction products into diluted hydrochloric acid, standing and removing an organic layer, pouring sodium hydroxide into a water layer, cooling reaction products after the end of the reaction, filtering out crystals, dissolving and decolouring to obtain sivelestat sodium hydrate. By the new synthetic method of sivelestat sodium hydrate, synthetic process route is greatly shortened. The synthetic method is easy to operate. Reaction conditions are mild, and industrial production safety coefficient is raised.