China's and global research situation on hydrogen production through biomass gasification in supercritical water is introduced.The conversion pathways of biomass components and their gasification intermediate products are analyzed and the effects of operating conditions on the gasification process of biomass feedstock and model compounds are described.The operation conditions include reaction temperature,reaction pressure,reactants' concentration and reaction time.In addition,the effects of different reactors on the biomass gasification process are also described.Some existing problems for this technology are put forward,and the research direction and development prospect of this technology are forecasted.