The invention provides an infrared dual-light shooting system for an unmanned aerial vehicle.The infrared dual-light shooting system comprises a visible light shooting system, an infrared shooting system and a remote control switching system.The visible light shooting system comprises a camera, a visible light lens, a CCD / CMOS chip, a first signal amplifier, a first A / D converter, a digital signal processor, a digital image memory, a display, a second signal amplifier, a total control circuit and a branch control circuit.The infrared shooting system comprises an infrared lens, an optical filter, an infrared detector, an amplifying circuit, a switching circuit, a processor and a decoder driver.The remote control switching system comprises a remote controller, a receiver, an electronic switcher, a signal processing CPU, an image output device and a power circuit.By means of the infrared dual-light shooting system for the unmanned aerial vehicle, visible light and infrared light can be combined to photograph or record videos at the same time, and meanwhile real-time switching of visible light image shooting and infrared image shooting can be achieved.