Hydrogenation of methyl p-hydroxyphenylacetate has been used for the synthesis of p-hydroxyphenyl ethanol.The reaction was catalyzed by CuiZrj-x％(mass fraction)carbon nanotubes(CNTs)catalysts.Incorporation of a minor amount of CNTs into CuiZrj oxide can visibly increase the catalytic activity for the synthesis of p-hydroxyphenyl ethanol.The yield of p-hydroxy-phenyl ethanol reaches 94.2％over a co-precipitated catalyst of Cu3Zr1 oxide with 11.0％CNTs.Its catalytic activity shows no obvious decrease after three cycles.This is much better than the CNT-free co-precipitated catalyst with a good yield of 81.1％,Cu3Zr1-0％CNTs.