The invention discloses a multichannel plasma area igniting burner. The igniting burner comprises a plasma power supply, a nozzle, an air inlet fish nozzle, a tangential air hole, an air pipe, a hollow insulator, a high-voltage electrode, an insulation piece, a low-voltage electrode, a housing, a swirl chamber, air vents, barrier mediums, a low-speed area, center jet flow and a flame stabilization chamber. Fuel oil is atomized by the use of a splash plate disposed inside the air inlet pipe, mixed gas composed of high-speed rotation air-flow and direct current jet flow is disposed inside the igniting burner, and the two flows cool the igniting burner. The space between the high-voltage electrode and the low-voltage electrode is filled with the inflammable mixed gas flowing at a low speed, so that multi-point discharge and ignition can be carried out in a low-speed mixed gas area inside the igniting burner; and an on-duty high-temperature combustion thermonuclear area and the flame stabilization chamber have ignition source and flame stabilization functions and form a miniature high-speed combustion chamber, so that the combustion chamber can efficiently and reliably ignite and keep flames stable under poor conditions such as high-speed, low-temperature, low-pressure, coal firing and the like.