The invention provides a novel belt conveyor which comprises a machine head, a belt storage bogie, a movable trolley, a front machine frame, a middle frame, a machine tail frame and a conveyor belt, wherein the machine head, the belt storage bogie, the middle frame and the machine tail frame are sequentially connected end to end. A driving device is arranged in the machine head, and the movable trolley is arranged in the front machine frame. Upper carrier rollers are arranged on the upper side of the machine head, the upper side of the belt storage bogie, the upper side of the front machine frame, the upper side of the middle frame and the upper side of the machine tail frame respectively, and lower carrier rollers are arranged on an H support of the front machine frame, a transition support of the middle frame and a bottom stud B of the machine tail frame respectively. According to the novel belt conveyor, the driving device is arranged in the machine frame of the conveyor, the floor space of the conveyor is reduced, the belt and pulley driving mode is adopted by the driving device, the mounting precision demand of the driving device is lowered, the belt is easy to replace and low in cost, the workload for mounting the driving device is reduced, and the daily maintenance intensity of the belt conveyor is reduced.