The invention provides a telescopic water surface garbage cleaning ship. The telescopic water surface garbage cleaning ship comprises a gathering mechanism, a conveying mechanism, a garbage bin, buoys, telescopic mechanisms, an operation table and a main ship body which form a stable water surface garbage cleaning platform. When the whole ship is unfolded, the gathering mechanism slides downwards,a gathering net is unfolded outwards, the conveying mechanism rotates downwards, the telescopic mechanisms are unfolded, the buoys move downwards and meanwhile move to both sides, the transverse sizeis increased, and the stability of the ship is improved; and when the whole ship is folded, the gathering mechanism slides upwards, the gathering net rotates inwards, the conveying mechanism rotatesupwards, the telescopic mechanisms are folded, the buoys move inwards, the transverse size of the whole ship is reduced, and the space utilization rate is reduced. A garbage bin unloading bin door islocated at the bottom to be convenient to unload, a smashing device is arranged in the garbage bin, efficiency is improved, and occupied garbage space is reduced. The garbage cleaning ship is variablein transverse size, attractive in appearance, capable of being operated remotely or manually and good in garbage cleaning effect, and has important popularization value.