The invention discloses a protective structure for preventing and controlling a riverway concave bank from being eroded. The protective structure comprises an overflow weir formed through double-layerinlaying, a protective arm and dam abutments formed by inlaying large dimension stones. The relatively higher protective arm is arranged on the concave bank side prone to erosion of a riverway, and the relatively low overflow weir is arranged at the center of the riverway, so that river water is centralized in the overflow weir and a protection-free convex bank to flow through a river bend, flowing of the river water close to the concave bank is retarded, the shear stress at the concave bank is reduced, silt at the concave bank is prevented from being eroded by the river water, meanwhile water level rise before the overflow weir is quick, a scour pit is formed behind the weir, pressure gradient is formed on a river bed due to water level difference, and surface water and underground waterexchange is promoted. Compared with a traditional method, the protective structure is low in cost and long in service life, can also prevent the concave bank from being eroded, promotes surface waterand underground water exchange, thus improves the self-cleaning capacity of the riverway, relieves riverway pollution and has a wide application prospect in the fields such as channel improvement ofriverway and mountainous area drainage basins.