Reduction in the amount of petroleum, increase in exploration costs and energy security issues are forcing countries and regions all around the world to allocate more emphasis on oil alternative solutions, in which developing clean energy vehicles is one of the important parts. Development initiatives of Chinese clean energy vehicles have both national and world significance. This paper introduces major clean energy vehicles and then analyzes relevant policies launched by governments, as well as development status and trends of various clean energy vehicles. Moreover, comparison has been made among these kinds of clean energy vehicles from several perspectives, and the possibility to solve oil alternative in China has also been analyzed. <<