Shenhua coal liquefaction pitch (CLP, softening point:403.15 K) and Yongdong coal tar pitch (CTP, softening point:383.65 K) were analyzed using group composition analysis, elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR and GPC. The average molecular structure model of the soluble were obtained. The pyrolysis characteristics of CLP and CTP were analyzed by TG, and the kinetics were calculated by Coats-Redfern and DAEM models, respectively. The results show that the CLP has lower aromatization and condensation degree compared with the CTP. The pyrolysis of the two pitches can be divided into three stages with the main process ranges from 473.15-873.15 K. CLP has concentrated pyrolysis process due to the narrow molecular weight distribution and small degree of condensation of molecular structure. The pyrolysis product release index RH of CLP is larger. The average activation energy calculated by the Coats-Redfern method is 35.03 kJ/mol for CLP and 37.98 kJ/mol for CTP. In the DAEM model, with the increase of conversion α, the E of the two pitches increase. The E increases significantly especially when α> 0.5. According to the fitting correlation coefficient R2 of the two kinetic models, the C-R model and DAEM model are suitable for the pyrolysis process of CTP.