Abstract: As a representative of high quality welding method, TIG welding has the advantages of stable welding process, beautiful weld forming, high weld quality and no spatter in the welding process, but at the same time, it also has the disadvantages of single weld depth, slow welding speed and low depositionrate.In order to overcome the shortcomings of TIG welding, the A-TIG welding method is proposed. The welding method is to apply a layer of active agent on the surface of the weld bead.Then the welding is carried out.Under the premise of retaining the advantages of TIG welding, this welding method can significantly increase the penetration depth of single pass TIG welding and improve the welding production efficiency. In recent years, many scholars for a lot of work on A-TIG, also conducted A-TIG welding part of the application in industrial production, but A-TIG research still exist the following problems: (1) A-TIG welding need to coating process of surfactant, is not conducive to realize the automation of welding process, and surfactant coating is very difficult to guarantee the uniform stability, limits its application in industrial production.(2) There is no unified understanding of the mechanism of the active agent increasing the weld penetration depth, and the research on this mechanism is not deep enough.(3) Different active agents need to be developed for different welding base materials, and the active agents developed by different scholars vary greatly, and the lack of a unified measurement standard is not conducive to the industrialization of active agents. Active flux was developed for stainless steel, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, magnesium alloy, low carbon steel and other base materials, and the influence of active flux on the surface formation and microstructure properties of the weld was studied.In the aspect of introducing the active agent, the way of conveying the active agent by gas is proposed, which basically realizes the automation of the welding process and the uniform coating of the active agent.For the mechanism of increasing the depth of weld with active agent, the theory of changing the surface tension of weld pool, the theory of arc shrinkage and the theory of increasing heat input are put forward. This paper summarizes A-TIG in different welding mother material, the adding of surfactant, increase penetration mechanism of the progress in research of A - TIG welding is analyzed problems still exist in research applications, and A-TIG future research direction for the outlook, so as to further perfect A-TIG welding method research and promoting A-TIG provide certain reference application in industrial production.