Hydrogen, as a high energy density and environment-friendly energy, has attracted much attention. At present, the main sources of hydrogen production include fossil fuels, water, biomass, etc. Biomass is a carbon neutral resource, which can promote the realization of China′s "Dual Carbon"goal. The bio-oil produced by biomass pyrolysis or hydrolysis has the disadvantages of low calorific value, strong acidity and high viscosity. The light and heavy components in bio-oil should be reformed separately to produce high value-added products. The components in light bio-oil are relatively simple, cheap and the conversion route is economical and feasible, the catalytical steam reforming of bio-oil is generally considered to be a promising hydrogen production way and the selection of catalyst is the most key factor affecting the efficiency and stability of hydrogen production. In this paper, the recent researches on hydrogen production from catalytic with steam reforming of light bio-oil were reviewed. The process principles of traditional steam reforming, adsorption enhanced steam reforming, autothermal steam reforming, chemical looping steam reforming and sorption-enhanced chemical looping steam reforming were emphatically introduced, and the effects of catalysts and CO2 adsorbents on hydrogen production performance were summarized and compared. Compared with expensive noble metal catalysts in the traditional steam reforming technology, the Ni-based catalyst has been widely recognized because of its low cost and high hydrogen production performance. However, the defects of easy sintering and carbon deposition still need to be improved by composite active metal modification. The adsorption-enhanced steam reforming technology can improve the yield and purity of hydrogen production through CO2 in-situ adsorption to a certain extent. The hydrotalcite like compound CO2 adsorbent has strong alkalinity and large specific surface area, but it needs to be modified to increase the CO2 adsorption temperature to meet the temperature needs of light bio oil steam reforming. Alkali metal CO2 adsorbent has strong stability but high cost. And CaO has become one of the most promising adsorbent due to its low cost and excellent CO2 adsorption characteristics at medium and high temperature. The autothermal reforming process combines the advantages of traditional and partial oxidation steam reforming to produce hydrogen, but it consumes O2 and easily leads to catalyst deactivation. The sorption-enhanced chemical looping steam reforming technology is the route of applying the oxygen carrying, heat carrying and catalytic multifunctional particles coupling CO2 adsorption, which combines the self-thermal advantages of chemical looping and enhanced adsorption advantages for high H2 purity, and has the potential of wide application. However, the mismatch of heat and mass flow rate in the catalytic and adsorption process, and the influence of carbonation process on catalysis need to be further studied.