In order to study 2D metallic photonic crystal, a new plane-wave expansion method was proposed. Based on traditional plane wave expansion method, the “original problem” to be solved was extended to a “new problem”. First, the relation between them were given, second, the “new problem” was transformed to an integral-differential eigen equation through an auxiliary function. The eigen equation was solved to obtain the band gap structures of the “new problem”. The band gap structures of the “original problem” were deduced according to “new problem”. Finally, numerical computations were done for 2D square-lattice square metallic rods photonic crystal, and excellent results were achieved.