The invention discloses a catalytic reforming method for naphtha, which comprises a step that: naphtha is in contact with a reforming catalyst under the conditions that the pressure is 0.15-3.0MPa, the temperature is 300-540 DEG C and the hourly space velocity is 2.1-50/h so as to carry out shallow catalytic reforming reaction, so that the cycloparaffin conversion rate of the naphtha is greater than 85 mass%, and the ratio of converting paraffin into arene and C4-hydrocarbon is less than 30 mass%. According to the method, naphtha can largely produce paraffin while producing arene, so that the naphtha becomes a raw material which both can be used for producing arene and high-quality raw materials for ethylene cracking.