The invention provides a processing method for zero draining or low draining of electroplating wastewater. The method adopts an integrative technique, such as barrier concentration, barrier separation, ion exchange, and ultraviolet light catalytic oxidation, etc. The following steps are adopted: the pretreatment of the electroplating wastewater; the treatment for the three types of wastewater including pickling wastewater, wastewater containing cyanide and passivating and electroplating rinsing composite wastewater; and the treatment for the wastewater in an acid-soluble pool. Compared with the wastewater in an integrative electroplating plant with universal generic multi-plating species, only the prior water separation method with no need to control the troubled water strictly can realize : first, zero draining of the electroplating wastewater is performed; second, when operating in the low energy consumption way, 65 to 85 percent of water recovery is realized, the left wastewater which can not be recovered is discharged when reaching the primary discharge standard of National Standard; third, the processing cost is reduced; fourth, the metallic ion in the wastewater can be effectively recovered and utilized, at the same time, the benefit disinvestment cost is produced; fifth, the amount for causing solid waste is reduced; sixth, the invention is advantageous to realize the automatic control and the operation.