The invention provides a novel lifting swivel chair. The novel lifting swivel chair comprises a chair surface, a base and a pillar connecting the chair surface and the base. The pillar comprises an upper pillar part and a lower pillar part. The upper pillar part is connected to the chair surface and the lower pillar part is connected to the base. The upper pillar part is provided with a through hole. The lower pillar part is provided with a pin rod. The upper pillar part is connected to the lower pillar part by the through hole and the pin rod. The bottom of the chair surface is provided with a chair handle. The novel lifting swivel chair utilizes a non-air pump, non-rotating and non-pedaling mechanical lifting principle, can lift and drop flexibly, has a low production cost, is convenient and practical and has air pump-type lifting effects. Through positioning of an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder and occlusion of the pin rod and the through hole, horizontal rotation and vertical lifting are realized. The lifting column provided by the invention can directly replace an air pump column in the market, has a general size and is convenient for replacement.