Abstract: Direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFC) has the advantages of high energy density, convenient packaging and environment friendliness. The key problem of anode catalyst for DAFC is how to improve the catalytic activity of anodic oxidation, and enhance the ability of resistance to CO poisoning and lower the price of catalyst. This paper reviews the synthesis, electric catalytic properties and applications in DAFC of two kinds of tungsten-based catalysts. The existing basic problems of tungsten-based composite catalysts are proposed.