The invention relates to an annular gripping device for lithium battery cells of new energy automobiles. The annular gripping device comprises an installation plate; a vertical column is welded to the upper end surface of the installation plate; four driving mechanisms are symmetrically installed on the outer wall of the upper end surface of the vertical column in the axial direction; the outer walls of the four driving mechanisms are all engaged with an inner rack; the inner rack is welded to the inner wall of a rotary ring; and the upper end and the lower end of the rotary ring are symmetrically installed between two fixed supporting mechanisms. According to the annular gripping device for the lithium battery cells of the new energy automobiles, the four driving mechanisms are uniformly distributed on the periphery of the vertical column, so that the annular gripping device uniformly and stably drives the inner rack to rotate through the four driving mechanisms, and the inner rack drives the rotary ring to stably and synchronously rotate between the two fixed supporting mechanisms. The annular gripping device can achieve an annular efficient and quick gripping function of the lithium battery cells, is easy and convenient to operate and high in working efficiency and has the advantages of being high in gripping speed, short in gripping time, capable of quickly gripping the multiple lithium battery cells, high in gripping efficiency and the like.