CuOZnOZrO2 catalyst was modified by combustion method, using Al2O3, CeO2, NiO metal oxides as promoters. The effects of Al2O3, CeO2, NiO on phase composition and catalyst structure were illuminated by using Xraydiffraction (XRD), temperatureprogrammed reduction ofhydrogen(H2TPR), temperatureprogrammed desorption of hydrogen (H2TPD) and carbon dioxide (CO2TPD) techniques. And the effects of the three chosen promoters on catalytic performance for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol were studied in a fixedbed plug flow reactor. The results indicated that the three promotes of Al2O3, CeO2, NiO all contributed to improving theactivity of catalysts and CeO2modified catalyst had best catalytic performance. Moreover, the three promotes all could inhibit CuO crystal grain growth and improve the dispersion of CuO, which could benefit the reduction of catalysts and H2 adsorptiondissociation. Besides that, the three metal oxides could modulate the intensity amount of basic sites on the catalyst surface in different degrees. Comparing with NiOmodified catalyst, CeO2modified catalyst and Al2O3 modified catalyst both possessed higher basic intensity and more basia sites, which led to CO2 adsorptionactivation easily.