A green environment-friendly preparation method with template-free facile redox precipitation strategy was proposed to synthesize a series of mesoporous MnOx/CeO2 nano-composite oxides and were applied to catalytic oxidation diesel engine exhaust of CO and CH. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, N-2 adsorption-desorption, TEM/SEM, XPS, H-2-TPR and O-2-TPO. Among these catalysts, the optimized sample MnOx/CeO2-64 achieved high catalytic activity (CO: T-100 = 150 A degrees C; C3H6: T-100 = 190 A degrees C; C3H8: T-100 = 230 A degrees C) and good durability. The superior catalytic activity of the catalyst could be ascribed to the generation of a large number of active oxygen species due to a synergetic catalytic effect between Ce/Mn with multiple oxidation states. The results of H-2-TPR and O-2-TPO indicated that stronger redox capacity contributed to the excellent catalytic oxidation performance. In addition, a possible reaction pathway was proposed for clarification this catalytic process.