A statistic linearization analysis method of bad nolinear hydraulic active damping suspensiop is provided.Also the optimum control strategy of semi-active suspension and graded control strategy based on it are puted forward.Experimental researches are carried out on a 2 DOF (degree of freedom ) hydraulic active damping suspension test system.The results showed that an excellent control effectiveness could be obtained by using statistic linearization optimum control which unfortunely requests continuously regulationg the damp in an accurate way and costs much in engeering application.On the contrary,the results also showed that graded control is more practicable which has a control effectiveness close to the optimum control and costs less.