Abstract: In the context of global warming and energy crisis, energy issues have become an important part of the strategic security of countries around the world. As a sustainable new renewable clean energy, hydrogen energy is of great significance to alleviate the global energy shortage. Among many hydrogen production candidate schemes, electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen is considered to be one of the most reliable and feasible ways. However, in the electrolysis process, the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with extremely slow reaction kinetics seriously restricts the overall reaction efficiency. Therefore, the development of high-efficiency OER electrocatalyst with relatively low cost, excellent catalyst performance and good durability, so as to improve the energy conversion effect of electrolytic water hydrogen production technology, has attracted widespread attention. This paper first briefly expounds the reaction mechanism of oxygen evolution reaction and the evaluation parameters of its performance, then discusses the research of non-noble metal catalysts, lists the strategies and methods to improve the catalytic performance, and finally prospects the design of new catalysts.