The invention discloses a complex 
conductive oxide-modified 
copper-based 
electric contact material and a preparation method thereof, and relates to a 
copper-based 
electric contact material and a preparation method thereof. The invention aims at solving the problem of 
short life of a break contact of a low-
voltage electrical appliance switch. The complex 
conductive oxide-modified 
copper-based 
electric contact material is composed of complex 
conductive oxide, 
lanthanum, 
zirconium and the balance copper in percentage by 
mass; and the molecular formula of the complex conductive 
oxide is ZnxCd(2-x)SnO4, and x in the molecular formula is 0-2. The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing 
cadmium acetate dihydrate, dihydrate dihydrate, 
tin chloride pentahydrate and 
copper alloy powder, and dissolving the raw materials into 
distilled water separately and stirring to obtain a suspension, adjusting the pH value to obtain precipitates, washing, carrying out 
vacuum drying, calcining, sieving, carrying out cold-pressing molding, 
sintering, and extruding or rolling. The contact part prepared from the material disclosed by the invention is high in contact conducting capacity, self-arc-extinguishing capacity, matrix wettability and 
arc erosion resistance. The preparation method disclosed by the invention is applicable to preparation for the copper-based electric contact material.