NOVELTY - Carbon gel catalyst comprises resorcinol, formaldehyde, coordination compound, metal inorganic salt and metal organic compound. Preparation of the catalyst comprises e.g. (i) mixing resorcinol and solvent P to obtain solution A; (ii) mixing metal salt and solution A to obtain solution B; (iii) adding formaldehyde solution to solution B, and reacting to obtain sol-gel precursor; (iv) mixing metal organic compound and solvent Q, heating, refluxing, mixing with coordination compound, reacting to obtain metal complex, diluting; (v) preparing gel C; (vi) preparing solid powder D; and (vii) drying.    USE - The catalyst is useful for fuel battery and proton exchange membrane fuel battery (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst: is a non-metal catalyst used for proton exchange membrane fuel battery cathode catalyst; has long-term operation and good corrosion resistance stability, has simple preparation process, which has short period, and does not cause environment pollution; and has low cost.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Carbon gel catalyst comprises resorcinol, formaldehyde, coordination compound, metal inorganic salt and metal organic compound as raw materials. Preparation of the catalyst comprises (i) mixing resorcinol and solvent P according to ratio of 0.1-10 ml solvent/1 g resorcinol to obtain solution A; (ii) adding metal salt to the solution A, and mixing uniformly to obtain solution B, where the mol ratio of resorcinol and metal atom of metal salt is 10:1-1500:1; (iii) adding 20-40% formaldehyde solution to the solution B, where the mol ratio of resorcinol and formaldehyde is 1:1-4:1, continuously stirring at 20-100 degrees C until reacting to obtain sol-gel precursor; (iv) mixing metal organic compound and solvent Q according to the volume ratio of 10:1- 1:10, heating at 30-160 degrees C, refluxing, mixing with the coordination compound, reacting for 0.5-12 hours to obtain metal complex, diluting the metal complex for 2-10 times using solvent Q, where the mol ratio of metal organic compound and organic ligand coordination compound is 20:1-1:20; (v) adding the metal complex with 0.5-2 M dilute ammonium hydroxide or 0.5-2 M oxalic acid, at 25-70 degrees C regulating pH of 7, and dropping into the sol-gel precursor to obtain gel C, where the volume ratio of the sol-gel precursor and the metal complex is 10:1-1:10; (vi) drying and aging the gel C for 3-12 days, taking out, and grinding to obtain solid powder D; and (vii) drying and roasting the solid powder D at 600-1200 degrees C under nitride atmosphere for 1-10 hours, and purging inert gas at room temperature to obtain the carbon gel catalyst.