Chiral epichlorohydrin is obtained by kinetic resolution of racemic epichlorohydrin through hydrolysis. Chiral epichlorohydrin is a valuable intermediate which is widely used in the synthesis of medicine and material. Salen refers to a base formed by the condensation of two identical aldehyde molecules and a diamine molecule, and the complex formed by its combination with metals is called Salen metal complex, which is often used in the synthesis of chiral epichlorohydrin. In this paper, the development of Salen metal complex catalysts and their application in chiral epichlorohydrin synthesis are reviewed. At the same time, the deactivation mechanism of catalyst in the process of hydrolytic kinetic resolution was investigated and the application prospect of synthesis of chiral epichlorohydrin using Salen metal complex catalysts was prospected.