The invention discloses a preparation method of a 
copper-
zinc catalyst, wherein the preparation method includes the following contents: (1) dissolving Cu and Al soluble salts in water to prepare a solution A, and preparing a 
sodium carbonate solution B; (2) merging the solution A and the solution B and adding into a reaction tank, gelatinizing, then aging in a stirring condition, and adding 
nano zinc oxide in the gelatinizing and / or aging process; (3) filtering the 
slurry obtained in the step (2), and carrying out 
hydrothermal treatment on the obtained material with water steam, wherein 
urea is added during 
hydrothermal treatment; and (4) washing, filtering, 
drying, 
roasting and molding the material obtained in the step (3), and thus obtaining the 
copper-
zinc catalyst. The 
copper-
zinc catalyst prepared by the method has large 
active component copper oxide density in an epiphase, the 
utilization rate of active 
metal copper is high, the copper and zinc distribution is more uniform, the cooperation effect of the active 
metal copper and the auxiliary agent zinc is enhanced, a pore structure of the catalyst is reasonable, the activity, selectivity, 
heat stability of the catalyst for 
methanol synthesis are improved and the service life of the catalyst for 
methanol synthesis is prolonged.