The invention discloses a multi-mode control method for a photovoltaic grid-connected inverter with a duplex parallel structure. Real-time detection is performed on the output power of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter; when the output power of the inverter is less than 2 percent of rated power, the inverter enters a stand-by state, and two sets of inversion unit modules respectively stop working; when the output power of the inverter is greater than 2 percent of the rated power and less than 45 percent of the rated power, the inverter enters a low-power state, and only one set of inversion unit modules is started to work; when the output power of the inverter is greater than 45 percent of the rated power, the inverter enters a high-power state, and the two inversion unit modules are both in a working state. According to the multi-mode control method for the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter with the duplex parallel structure, disclosed by the invention, under the stand-by mode, the two sets of inversion unit modules stop working; under the low-power mode, only one set of inversion unit modules works; under the high-power mode, the two sets of inversion unit modules work simultaneously, and thus, the daily loss of the inverter is reduced; the multi-mode control method for the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter with the duplex parallel structure, disclosed by the invention, has the advantages of being low in switching frequency, small in self-loss, small in output harmonic, and the like, and a greener energy resource can be provided for power grids.