Carbon fibers (CFs) reinforced 3161, stainless steels arc prepared using laser cladding (LC) and the effects of scanning speed on the microstructure, rnicrohardness, and wear resistance of carbon fibers reinforced 3161, stainless steel arc investigated in this study. Results show that the laser cladded 3161, stainless steel without carbon fibers is composed of gamma-Fe phase, the phases of the laser cladding carbon fibers reinforced 3161, stainless arc mainly composed of M23C6, gamma-Fe and alpha-Fe, and M23C6, homogeneously distributes between gamma-Fe and alpha-Fe dendrites. As the scanning speed increases, the distance between the dendrite arms decreases, while the microhardncss first increases and then decreases. As a result, the wear resistance first enhances and then decreases. When the scanning speed is 12 mm/s, the laser cladding carbon fibers reinforced 3161, stainless steel exhibits the highest wear resistance, and its wear resistance increases by approximately 25.3% compared with that of the laser cladded 3161, stainless steel without carbon fibers.