The invention discloses a micro-channel evaporator and a control method thereof. The micro-channel evaporator comprises three liquid collecting pipes, flat pipes, fins, an electromagnet, a power supply and a throttle plate, wherein the throttling plate is added in the middle of the third liquid collecting pipe, throttling holes are formed in the throttling plate, the throttling plate is made of amagnetic material, the third liquid collecting pipe is provided with a protruding channel, and the electromagnet is arranged in the protruding channel. According to the evaporator, when the micro-channel evaporator works under a frosting working condition, the power supply is powered on, and the throttling plate can throttle a refrigerant flowing from a front-row heat exchanger, so that the temperature of a rear-row heat exchanger of the micro-channel evaporator is lower, the frosting capacity of the rear-row heat exchanger is higher, frosting performs towards the rear-row heat exchanger, uniform frosting of the micro-channel evaporator is achieved, and the performance of the micro-channel evaporator under the frosting working condition is improved; and when the micro-channel heat exchangeevaporator works under a non-frosting working condition, the power supply is cut off, and the throttling plate does not play a throttling role at the moment, so that the resistance of the micro-channel evaporator is reduced, and the improvement of the energy efficiency of the micro-channel evaporator is facilitated.