Selective catalytic reduction of NO x by ammonia (NH 3 -SCR) was affected by HCl, which was widely present in industrial flue gas. In this study, the SCR performances over MO x -WO 3 /TiO 2 (MW/Ti, M = Mn, Ce and V) catalysts after HCl treatment were investigated. It was found that HCl poisoning showed inhibition and promotion in NO x conversion over MnW/Ti and CeW/Ti catalysts, respectively. While the SCR activity over VW/Ti catalyst was hardly affected by HCl. Over MnW/Ti catalyst, the rupture of the MnÀ O bond by the strong MnÀ Cl binding induced the formation of amorphous MnCl 2 species. This Cl-containing species with Mn in a low oxidation state exhibited poorer redox ability and NO activation, resulting in a decrease in lowtemperature SCR activity. However, instead of directly affecting the CeO x and VO x sites, gaseous HCl reacted with NH 3 to form NH 4 Cl species on the surface of CeW/Ti and VW/Ti catalysts. As a result, the SCR activity of VW/Ti catalyst was scarcely influenced by HCl, taking the unchanged redox ability and NH 3 adsorption. With a further accumulation of NH 4 Cl on CeW/Ti catalyst, the NO x conversion at low temperature was evidently enhanced due to the promotion in NO-to-NO 2 conversion (Fast-SCR).