Copper-based catalysts were widely used in the heterogeneous selective hydrogenation of ethylene car-bonate (EC),a key step in the indirect conversion of CO2 to methanol.However,a high H2/EC molar ratio in feed is required to achieve favorable activity and the methanol selectivity still needs to be improved.Herein,we fabricated a series of Pt-modulated Cu/SiO2 catalysts and investigated their catalytic perfor-mance for hydrogenation of EC in a fixed bed reactor.By modulating the Pt amount,the optimal 0.2Pt-Cu/SiO2 catalyst exhibited the highest catalytic performance with ～99％ EC conversion,over 98％ selectiv-ity to ethylene glycol and 95.8％ selectivity to methanol at the H2/EC ratio as low as 60 in feed.In addition,0.2Pt-Cu/SiO2 catalyst showed excellent stability for 150 h on stream over different H2/EC ratios of 180-40.It is demonstrated a proper amount of Pt could significantly lower the H2/EC molar ratio,promote the reducibility and dispersion of copper,and also enhance surface density of Cu+ species.This could be due to the strong interaction of Cu and Pt induced by formation of alloyed Pt single atoms on the Cu lattice.Meanwhile,a relatively higher amount of Pt would deteriorate the catalytic activity,which could be due to the surface coverage and aggregation of active species.These findings may enlighten some fundamen-tal insights for further design of Cu-based catalysts for the hydrogenation of carbon-oxygen bonds.