The invention discloses a special coating white cardboard for gravure printing by using water-borne ink. The special coating white cardboard comprises body paper as well as a pre-coating, a core coating and a surface which are sequentially coated on the front side of the body paper, wherein the coating for the pre-coating comprises the following components in parts by weight: ground calcium carbonate, acrylic acid isoprene-styrene latex, modified soybean protein, dispersing agent, water repellent agent and lubricating agent. The special coating white cardboard for the gravure printing by using the water-borne ink has an excellent effect on the water-borne ink and favorable printability and can meet the requirement on water-borne gravure printing. According to the special coating white cardboard disclosed by the invention, the acrylic acid isoprene-styrene latex and the modified soybean protein are used as adhesives of the coating, so that a coating structure is looser, better affinity for a water-containing solvent in the ink is achieved and the possibility that the coating is exposed by folding is low; and the modified soybean protein is used as a biological adhesive, so that the pollution to the environment is reduced.