Objective To investigate current situation and the influencing factors of clinical nursing teachers′ competence level, and to provide reference for measures aiming at improving clinical nursing teaching quality. Methods A total of 749 clinical nursing teachers and 458 nursing interns from 11 hospitals of Chongqing were enrolled and filled out the Clinical Nursing Teacher Competency Questionnaire，and the Learning Motivation Scale. Results The competency score rated by clinical nursing teachers themselves averaged (4.38±0.49) points, and the score rated by nursing students averaged (4.12±0.65) points. Students′ evaluation on total competency score and scores of 6 dimensions were significantly lower than teachers′ self-evaluation （P＜0.01 for all）. Multiple regression analysis showed that length of services, position and learning motivation were influencing factors of clinical nursing teachers′ competency （P＜0.01 for all）. Conclusion Overall competence of clinical teaching teachers is satisfactory, with students′ evaluation lower than teachers′ self-evaluation. Nursing administrators can strengthen competency through sparking their help clinical nursing teachers to foster and learning motivation.