The invention belongs to the technical field of precious metal catalysts, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a porous platinum oxide catalyst. The method comprises the following stepsthat 1, platinum chloride is added into distilled water for even stirring to obtain a platinum ion solution; 2, aluminium chloride is added into the platinum ion solution, stirring is continued untilcomplete dissolution, then high-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose is slowly added, and even stirring is conducted to obtain aluminium-platinum dispersion liquid; 3, ammonia gas is introduced circularly by means of sealed reflux until no sediment is generated, so that suspended dispersion liquid is obtained; 4, the suspended dispersion liquid is subjected to reduced pressure distillation reaction for 2-4 h, after cooling, viscous liquid is obtained, and then the viscous liquid is added into a mould for constant-temperature pressurizing solidification reaction for 2-4 h to obtain mixed solid;5, the mixed solid is immersed in distilled water for low-temperature stirring reaction for 2-4 h, and then porous solid is obtained after removal; 6, the porous solid is soaked in a hydrochloric acid solution for sealed micro-boiling reaction for 20-50 min, and then through filtering, washing and sintering, the porous platinum oxide catalyst is obtained.