The invention discloses a charging method of power lithium ion batteries, and belongs to the field of power lithium ion battery technology. The charging method comprises three steps: step one, precharge, wherein when the voltage of a power lithium ion battery is lower than a threshold voltage, the power lithium ion battery is charged with electric current I1=0.1C so as to increase the voltage to the threshold voltage; step two, variable current charging, wherein the power lithium ion battery is charged by using different electric currents according to the battery level so as to increase the battery level to 80% of the battery capacity at last; and step three, pulse current charging, wherein pulse intermittent charging of the power lithium ion battery is realized by using current I7=1C, charging time Tc=1s, and then charging is stopped; when the battery voltage reduces to an upper limit voltage, and is equal to 4.2V, the power lithium ion battery is charged by using current I7=1C, and charging time Tc=1s; charging and stop charging operations are repeated continuously as above; in the charging process, the time of stop charging is gradually prolonged because that the power lithium ion battery is gradually fully charged; and when pulse charging is as small as 5% to 10%, charging is stopped. The charging method is capable of increasing charging speed and battery service efficiency.