The invention discloses a CA-193 virus strain (Coxackievirus A16) and application thereof to preparation of an inactivated vaccine. For the application, MRC-5 cells are used for proliferating the CA-193 virus strain; virus proliferation liquid is subjected to centrifugation, concentration and column chromatography filtration and purification after inactivation by formaldehyde or beta-propiolactone; and a CA16 inactivated vaccine is obtained. The invention provides the vaccine virus strain capable of being used for preparing a human CA16 inactivated vaccine; the subtype of the vaccine virus strain belongs to the main epidemiological subtype B1 in Chinese Mainland; the vaccine virus strain has good growth characteristics on the MCR-5 cells; and the virus titer (7.5 to 8.251gTCID50/ml) with high stability can be obtained. A preparation method of the vaccine is complete; the impurity content is low; the immunogenicity and the immunizing protection performance are good; meanwhile, cell culture substrates are MRC-5 cells; the safety is high; and the international and CFDA specifications and requirements on the vaccine research and development can be well met.