The invention relates to the technical field of manufacturing of lithium ion secondary batteries and provides a prismatic lithium ion battery for a hybrid electric vehicle startup power supply and a manufacturing method thereof. The battery comprises a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm, an electrolyte, an insulating bushing and a battery case, wherein the positive plate contains a positive active material, a binding agent, a conductive agent, an aluminum foil and the like; the negative plate comprises a negative active material, a binding agent, a conductive agent, an aluminum foil and the like. A material system is optimized, the positive active material is lithium iron phosphate coated with a composite containing Al2O3-loaded N grapheme; the negative active material is natural graphite coated with a composite containing CuO/Cu-loaded multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The lithium ion battery manufactured under optimum conditions is low in internal resistance, is excellent in multiplying power cycling performance and heavy load discharge performance, and can meet hybrid electric vehicle startup power supply requirements.