The invention relates to a platform swing system and a swing control method, and particularly relates to an aerial work platform swinging system and a swing control method. The invention belongs to the technical field of aerial work platforms. A swing controller obtains the position state of a handle, the swing controller can control the working state of a switching valve, a second three-positionfour-way reversing valve, and the shunt module according to the position state of the handle, so that the speed of the swing oil cylinder driving the hanging basket is matched with the current position state of the handle, namely, different flow rates can be provided to the swing cylinder according to the position state of the handle, so that the speed of the swing oil cylinder driving swing basket can be hierarchically and discretely controlled, and the controllability and the micro-motion are high, safe and reliable. When the handle is in a neutral state, the constant-pressure variable pumpworks in a pressure cut-off state, and the output flow is almost zero,; when the handle is in the non-neutral state, the constant-pressure variable pump works in the constant pressure variable state,the flow rate is automatically adjusted according to the system demand, thereby improving the energy saving performance of the swing system.