The present invention relates to a touch display device, a drive control circuit for the touch display device, and a method for operating the touch display device. The touch display device includes a drive control circuit, the drive control circuit is configured to: in a display phase, provide a common voltage signal to a common electrode in a pixel circuit of the touch display device; in a touch phase, provide a touch drive signal to the common electrode, wherein a ratio of an average value of a high level and a low level of the touch drive signal to a value of the common voltage signal ranges from 0.8 to 1.2.