Provided are a gradient wear-resistant coating and a method for preparing the same. Co50+0.15% CeO2 powder, Co50+0.25% CeO2+6% Ni/Wc powder and Co50+0.4% CeO2+12% Ni/WC powder are used for preparing the gradient wear-resistant coating with the structure of a bottom layer, a transition layer and a wear-resistant layer on the surface of a workpiece in a coaxial powder supply manner and a laser cladding manner, and the wear resisting performance of the work surface of a part is improved. An ultrasonic vibration device and a contour tracing electromagnetic induction heating device are adopted in the cladding process. Ultrasonic oscillation of a certain degree is applied to the area close to a cladded area of the workpiece, the grain size of a cladding layer can be remarkably refined, residual stress can be remarkably eliminated, and therefore generated cracks are reduced, and a cladding layer structure with good performance is obtained. The contour tracing electromagnetic induction heating device can be utilized for effectively reducing thermal stress brought by the temperature gradient of the cladding layer and relieving the cracking tendency. According to the technological parameters of the ultrasonic vibration device, the work frequency ranges from 10 kHz to 20 kHz, the maximum output power is 1,000 W, and the pneumatic pressure ranges from 0.3 MPa to 0.6 MPa. According to the technological parameters of the contour tracing electromagnetic induction heating device, the voltage is 380 V, the frequency is 60 Hz, and the heating temperature ranges from 150 DEG C to 1,000 DEG C.