The utility model a self-starting permanent magnet motor with rotor starting guide strips made of composite materials, which belongs to the technical field of permanent magnet motors. A rotor of the permanent magnet motor adopts a punching structure, wherein permanent magnets are arranged on the inner side of a rotor iron core; N magnetic poles and S magnetic poles of the permanent magnets are alternately arranged; the permanent magnet rotor adopts a magnetic pole structure in a U-shape, a V-shaped or a mixed magnetic circuit; the rotor starting guide strips are uniformly distributed on the surface of the permanent magnet rotor close to the rotor iron core, and are made of two materials including brass and copper iron alloy; brass guide strips are positioned at the bottom of a rotor groove and the middle upper part of the rotor groove; two sides at the upper part of the rotor groove are made of copper iron alloy materials; or the brass guide strips are arranged in the entire middle of the rotor groove, and the two sides of the rotor groove are all made of the copper iron alloy materials. In the utility model, the self-starting permanent magnet motor obtained by adjusting the structural size of the brass and the copper iron alloy has the advantages of small starting current, strong demagnetization prevention capacity, stability in starting, and suitability for a work occasion requiring continuous long-time running.