Meteorological Lidar is one of main means of atmospheric sounding, being applicable for probing clouds, fog, visibility, temperature, density, and atmospheric wind fields and for tracing atmosphere gases. The development of a series of Lidar used in meteorological research and service is introduced, including semiconductor Lidar, micro-pulse Lidar, Mie Lidar, Doppler Lidar, differential absorption Lidar, and Raman Lidar. The meteorological Lidar with high repetition rate and wide detecting range and without causing damage to human eyes is considered the trend of meteorological Lidar development. Solid Lidar has bright application prospects in atmospheric probing and semiconductor Lidar is an ideal tool to measure the height of cloud bases.