The invention provides a production process for preparing chlorobenzonitrile through ammoxidation. The production process comprises the following steps of: portioning air, ammonia, water vapor and o-chlorotoluene together; gasifying the o-chlorotoluene and then mixing the gasified o-chlorotoluene with air, ammonia and water vapor, and conveying the mixture to a fluidized bed reactor for reaction under the action of a catalyst; and after the reaction, cooling and crystallizing the generated product through a cold trap, thereby obtaining crude chlorobenzonitrile, wherein the catalyst is VaPbCecSbdOx multi-component catalyst, and wherein a=1, b=0.7-2, c=0.3-1, d=0.5-1, and the value of x is determined according to valence state balance when V, P, Ce and Sb are +5 valent, +5 valent, +4 valent, +5 valent and -2 valent, respectively. The production process provided by the invention employs the VaPbCecSbdOx as the active catalyst; and the catalyst is simple to fabricate, mild in reaction temperature, long in catalyst service life, high in activity, high in selectivity and the like; as a result, side reaction in the production process is suppressed, the production process of chlorobenzonitrile is improved and the yield of product is obviously improved.