Application-oriented undergraduate education is the main part of undergraduate education in China based on the number of local colleges and universities and their enrollment scale. Some universities have spontaneously implemented application-oriented undergraduate education for many years through the analysis of the National Teaching Achievement Award. In order to develop applied undergraduate education，the local government promulgated various policies to promote the pilot reform that formed a diversified talent training model，such as the integration of vocational education and application-oriented undergraduate education，the fusion of industry and education，and international cooperation. Local colleges and universities formed various types of alliances to coordinate resources，to deepen the practice of application-oriented undergraduate education. However，the development of application-oriented undergraduate education is hindered by the classification of colleges and universities，the deviation of policy objectives and policy implementation，and the surface cooperative alliances. It is argued that we should focus on gradual development，strengthening the professional standardization of talent training model and combining the applied undergraduate education policy are the future development direction of applied undergraduate education.