Thermoplastic composites exhibit high toughness and damage tolerance, as well as good impact resistance. Additive manufacturing offers an effective way for making high-performance complex thermoplastic composite components without molds,which has a broad application prospect in aerospace and other fields. This article introduces the research progress of additive manufacturing process of short-cut fibers/continuous fibers reinforced thermoplastic composites. The processes and mechanical properties of different resins and fibers are compared. For the additive manufactured PEEK reinforced with 10%（volume fraction, the same below） of shortcut carbon fibers, the tensile strength and modulus can reach 109 MPa and 7.4 GPa, respectively, which is 85% higher than the pure PEEK. For the additive manufactured ABS reinforced with 10% continuous carbon fibers, the tensile strength and modulus can reach 147 MPa and 4.185 GPa, respectively, which is 5 times and 2 times of pure ABS. According to different processing routes a