The invention belongs to the technical field of preparing metal matrix composite reinforcements and particularly relates to a method for preparing chemical iron-plated graphene through a one-step activation method. By means of the method for preparing the chemical iron-plated graphene through the one-step activation method, the oxidized graphene is put in activating liquid, homogenizing operationis conducted, filtering is conducted, filter liquid is reserved, washing is conducted, the graphene is washed to be neutral, and activated oxidized graphene is obtained; the activating liquid is a precious metal salt complex solution; and the activated oxidized graphene is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion, then a chemical iron plating solution is added, mixing is conduced, a reaction is carriedout, and the chemical iron-plated graphene is obtained. By means of the method, wettability between the graphene and a metal matrix is improved, and the problem that the graphene is hardly dispersed evenly in the metal matrix is solved. Meanwhile, a one-step activation technology is adopted, the technical process is simplified, and the production cost is greatly reduced.