Engineering ceramics has been used on a broad range of industry sectors such as aerospace, weapon, petroleum with high hardness, high strength, high temperature resistance, superior wear resistance, excellent comprehensive properties. The present situation and development of all kinds of special machining technology of engineering ceramics in recent years were summarized, the basic principle of the special processing technology and the advantages and disadvantages were expounded, the research route of machining technology of engineering ceramic materials was analyzed, the future prospects of the development of engineering ceramics machining technology were expected.