The laser cladding process is general accompanied by defects such as pores, cracks and uneven microstructure. In order to overcome the above defects, this study introduces the oscillating laser cladding technology, and uses oscillating laser cladding and without-oscillating laser cladding process to manufacturing the stainless steel cladding layers. The microstructure was characterized by XRD, SEM and EDS, and the microhardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the cladding layer were analyzed by using vickers hardness tester, wear tester and electrochemical workstation. The results show that the oscillating laser cladding can have a great effect on the morphology and microstructure of the stainless cladding layer. Among the two cladding process, oscillating laser cladding can prepare a cladding layer with better properties. The grains in the oscillating laser cladding layer are obviously equiaxed, and the grain size is significantly smaller than that of without-oscillating laser cladding layers. In addition, the wear resistance and hardness of the oscillating laser cladding layer are higher than that of the without-oscillating laser cladding layer, but its corrosion resistance is slightly lower than that of the without-oscillating laser cladding layer.