The waterborne epoxy curing agent is the key to the self-emulsifying and self-curing of waterborne epoxy resin.Its composition and structure are critical to the performance of waterborne epoxy resin system.The study summarizes the curing agent prepartion technology;analyzes the amidation polyamine method,polyamide method and epoxy-polyamine addition method,and their advantages and disadvantages;explores the application advance of water-based epoxy curing agent;and prospects its future development direction.