The invention relates to a device for treating high-concentration ammonia nitrogen in refinery wastewater by using a surface activity catalyst, belonging to the field of sewage treatment. The device is composed of a wastewater inlet (1), a surfactant inlet (2), a pipeline mixer (3), an injection pipe (4), a heavy metal catalyst network (5), a denitrification cylinder outer shell (6), a denitrification cylinder inner shell (7), a wastewater channel (8), a wastewater outlet (9), a diversion intake port (10) and a blast blower (11), wherein the surfactant inlet (2) is positioned above the pipeline mixer (3) and connected with the pipeline mixer (3); the wastewater inlet (1) is connected with the pipeline mixer (3); and the pipeline mixer (4) is positioned above the heavy metal catalyst network (5). The device is simple in technique and feasible in operation, can directly reduce the ammonia nitrogen in the refinery wastewater into nitrogen to be discharged, can not cause secondary pollution to the environment, and has the advantages of low cost and high ammonia nitrogen removal ratio. The ammonia nitrogen removal ratio in the high-concentration ammonia nitrogen wastewater treated by the device can reach 99.9% above.