An energy-saving start system of an IGCC power station is composed of a coal gasification unit, an air separating unit, a gas turbine, a gas turbine generator, an afterburning fan, an afterburner, a waste heat boiler, a turbine, a turbonator and a flare tower. When the power station is started, the air separating unit and the coal gasification unit are started first, synthesis gas generated by thecoal gasification unit is conveyed to the afterburner to start the waste heat boiler and the turbine power generating system, and until the gas turbine is started and synthesis gas fuel is switched,afterburner stops running; the sequence limit that the waste heat boiler and the turbine must wait for first start of the gas turbine in the conventional start process is eliminated, the turbine can be started before the gas turbine, the start time of the whole plant is shortened, the links of waiting for turbine heating, impulse starting and grid-connection in the loading-up process after gas turbine ignition are omitted, load-up and fuel switching can be conducted on the gas turbine fast, and the energy-saving effect is remarkable.