A fuel which is used for rotary kiln cement clinker firing is composed of raw materials with the following weight percentage: coal 3-80, straw substances 0-90, forest products wastes 0-95 and food industry by-product residues 0-70. The straw substances refer to rice straws, wheat straws, cotton stalks, sesame stalks, soybean straws, corn stalks, sorghum stalks, rice husks, peanut shells, soybean shells and corn sticks, the forest products wastes refer to defective bamboo, wood, tree branches, leaves, shrubs, faggot straws and sawdust and wood wool corner scrap materials in the bamboo and wood-processing industry, the food industry by-product residues refer to bran, wheat skin, squeezing meal cake, bean dregs and wine lees, and the coal refers to bituminite, anthracite and coke coal powder. The flue raw materials which are used for the rotary kiln cement clinker firing have wide selecting range, simple preparation, convenient use and rapid burning speed and are beneficial for protecting atmosphere circumstances.