The invention relates to a cefotiam hydrochloride compound in a new path. The preparation method comprises the following steps: allowing 2-aminothiazole-4-acetic acid to react with methanoic acid to generate 2-formylaminothiazol-4-acetic acid, adding 7-ACMT and triethylamine, taking N, N-diisopropylethylamine and dimethylfomamide as solvent, taking p-toluene sulfonylchloride as a catalyst, stirring to react, and then adding hydrochloric acid to obtain the cefotiam hydrochloride.