Against the backdrop of China’s deep integration into globalization and the continuous advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative, there is a growing demand from both domestic and foreign enterprises for higher-quality international talents. Cultivating international talents with exceptional intercultural communicative competence has become crucial for serving national strategies, supporting corporate globalization, and fostering individual growth and career success. However, the current predicament lies in the insufficient attention paid to this competency, the lack of assessment standards for its cultivation within the field of international student education, and the fragmented, superficial, and practice-disconnected state of cultivating workplace intercultural communicative competence (WICC) among international students in universities. To address this, this study proposes the construction of a systematic cultivation pathway featuring clear objectives, interconnected components, and coordinated resources, tailored to the characteristics of international student education. This pathway includes: emphasizing talent cultivation quality and refining international talent cultivation plans; constructing and optimizing a curriculum system for fostering WICC; exploring effective cultivation models; enhancing the intercultural literacy of teaching teams; creating practical platforms for intercultural communication; and leveraging artificial intelligence. The study aims to provide a reference for improving the effectiveness of cultivating WICC among international students.