The invention discloses a method for synthesizing alpha-arbutin by an enzymic method through catalysis. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, culturing a slant seed: taking a xanthomonas campestris CGMCC (China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center) NO.1243 strain, and inoculating the xanthomonas campestris CGMCC NO.1243 strain in a slant culture medium for culturing; 2, culturing a liquid strain: selecting a ring strain, inoculating the ring strain in a basic fermentation culture medium, and placing on a table concentrator for oscillating and culturing to obtain a seed culture solution; 3, adding the seed culture solution in the basic fermentation culture medium, oscillating and culturing for 24-48h, freezing, centrifugally collecting thalli, washing the thalli with a PBS (Phosphate Buffer Solution) for 2-3 times, ultrasonically crushing at a low temperature, centrifuging, and taking supernate, namely intracellular crude enzyme; and 4, adding cane sugar and hydroquinone in the intracellular crude enzyme for reacting, and separating and purifying a reaction product to obtain the alpha-arbutin. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of high production efficiency, high transformation rate of the hydroquinone, low cost, short process flow and the like.