CeO 2 colloidal particles with a mean crystallite size of 2 nm synthesized by a solvothermal reaction were coagulated with 1 molL solutions of various bases: NaOH, NH 4 OH, Na 2 CO 3 , NH 4 2 CO 3 , NaHCO 3 , and NH 4 HCO 3 . The CeO 2 powders obtained by calcination of the coagulated products at 300? C had almost the same crystallite sizes in a range of 4-5 nm, while their BET surface areas were considerably different. The CeO 2 powders coagulated with Na 2 CO 3 and NH 4 OH had large surface areas due to micropores, and the powders obtained using NaHCO 3 and NH 4 2 CO 3 had large pore-volumes derived from macropores. A series of Ru CeO 2 catalysts were prepared by a precipitation-deposition method, and characteristics of the Ru species supported on these CeO 2 powders having different pore structures were examined in the liquid phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The Ru species having well-crystallized RuO 2 bulk state showed only low activities. On the other hand, well dispersed Ru species exhibited high activities. The pore structure of CeO 2 affected the states of the Ru species loaded, and, consequently, affected their activities for the oxidation. Ruthenium species were not loaded on the surface inside the micropores by the preparation method adopted in this work. Accordingly, the RuCeO 2 catalysts with large surface areas derived from meso-and macro-pores had well-dispersed Ru species and showed high activities, which were much higher than that of the RuCeO 2 catalyst prepared by a conventional co-precipitation method.