African swine fever virus(ASFV)is a nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus that causes African swine fever(ASF),a highly contagious and fatal disease. ASF outbreaks has brought enormous threats and challenges to the global pig industry and the whole market economy. There is currently no effective vaccine against ASFV,which is attributed to the limited study on the mechanism of ASFV infection and immune evasion. In this review,the structure and life cycle of ASFV was described,and the molecular mechanism of ASFV regulating host antiviral response was clarified and summarized from three aspects,which were innate immune response,adaptive immune response and programmed cell death. These efforts could provide relevant reference for the follow-up study of the pathogenesis and novel target of vaccine development of ASFV.