Because of its high detection accuracy, fast response time and compact system structure, coherent lidar has made great progress in the field of wind measurement and has become one of the most advanced wind measurement tools in recent years. It′s shown that coherent lidar has good research significance and application prospects. The technical advantages of coherent wind measuring lidar are briefly introduced, and two kinds of coherent wind radars using continuous wave laser and pulsed laser as light source respectively are described in detail. The development history and the latest progress of these two technologies at home and abroad are mainly focused, and at last the development trend of coherent wind measuring lidar is summarized from the choice of light source wavelength, the way of laser working and the diversity of application platform.