The invention discloses a preparation method of a 
palladium-carbon catalyst for synthesizing 
meropenem. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) putting wood 
charcoal into a boiling alkali compound water solution, carrying out 
backflow treatment, washing by virtue of pure water, and 
drying to obtain an 
active carbon carrier; (2) preparing an 
active ingredient solution, and regulating the pH value of the 
active ingredient solution; (3) pulping the 
active carbon carrier, and stabilizing the 
active carbon carrier at a stirring condition, so as to obtain active carbon 
slurry; (4) adding the 
active ingredient solution into the active carbon 
slurry after the pH value of the active ingredient solution is regulated, and stirring to obtain a catalyst precursor; and (5) aging the catalyst precursor, and reducing the catalyst precursor by virtue of a 
reducing agent, so as to obtain a catalyst finished product. According the preparation method, a low-content alkali compound is utilized for 
processing the carrier so as to obtain a proper carrier with a reasonable 
surface chemical structure, so that the consumption of a 
reagent is reduced; chelated 
palladium ions of a certain size are prepared by regulating the pH value of the 
active component solution, so that purposes of controlling the activity and selectivity of the catalyst are realized; the preparation method has no special 
control point, is simple in process and is beneficial to the industrial large scale production.