In this paper, the preparation methods and applications of aluminium hydroxide were re-viewed. The preparation methods of aluminium hydroxid mainly include bayer method, sintering method, hy-drothermal method, sol-gel method, microemulsion method, carbonization method, homogeneous precipitation method and so on. Aluminium hydroxide has great potential applications in ceramics, flame retardant filler, paper industry, medicine, industrial chemicals, wastewater treatment and so on.