The present invention relates to plate-like sodium bismuth titanate powder prepared by a molten salt method, and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises: 1, calcining Na2CO3, Bi2O3, TiO2 and NaCl for 2-8 h at a temperature of 900-1100 DEG C to obtain a mixture A, wherein a ratio of the total mass of Na2CO3, Bi2O3 and TiO2 to the mass of NaCl is 0.5-1; and 2, removing the Cl<-> from themixture A, and drying to obtain the plate-like sodium bismuth titanate powder. According to the present invention, with the application of the molten salt method to prepare the sodium bismuth titanatepowder, the reaction can be carried out in an atomic state by the molten state NaCl, and the growth direction of the grain can be changed, such that the process is simple, the cost is low, the reaction cycle is short, the repeatability is good, and the Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 powder has characteristics of good dispersibility, uniform distribution, low agglomeration degree and large aspect ratio.