The invention discloses a photocurable 
maleic anhydride tung oil 
acrylic resin and a preparation method thereof. The technical scheme is as follows: the photocurable 
maleic anhydride tung oil 
acrylic resin comprises the following components: 1 mol of elacostearic acid, 2 mol of 
maleic anhydride (
fumaric acid) and 4-5 mol of hydroxy acrylic 
monomer. The preparation method comprises the following steps: hydrolyzing tung oil at 
high pressure so as to obtain alfa-elacostearic acid, carrying out 
addition reaction on the maleic anhydride or the 
fumaric acid and a conjugated 
double bond of the alfa-elacostearic acid to generate a maleic / fumaric elacostearic acid, and then carrying out 
esterification reaction on hydroxyethyl 
acrylate (HEA), hydroxypropyl 
acrylate (HPA), 
hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) or 
hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA) and the maleic / fumaric elacostearic acid to obtain various high-activity photocurable maleic anhydride tung oil penta-acrylic resins with 4-5 functionalities. The photocurable maleic anhydride tung oil 
acrylic resin has the characteristics of environment friendliness, no 
solvent, 
hydrolysis resistance and the like; and the paint film has excellent 
hardness and flexibility; as renewable resources are used for replacing a part of 
petrochemical products, and after the workpieces painted with the resin are discarded, the paint film is easy to degrade, and the harm of the pure chemical 
coating film to the environment is avoided; and after the resin is added with a 
photoinitiator, various photocureable coatings, 
printing ink and the like can be prepared.