Abstract: The progress of Ni-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction is reviewed. For all kinds of haloarenes，arene sulfonates and organoborates，with the enhancement of the activity catalyst，ligand and reducing agent，the reaction conditions become milder. The catalytic capacities of Pd catalyst and Ni catalyst are compared，and Ni catalyst is found to become more stable，effective and cheap. Furthermore，Ni catalyst can catalyze more substrates，hence，it is an ideal substitute of Pd catalyst. Lastly，the development of Ni catalyst of heterocyclic carbenes，heterogeneous catalyst and their advantages are summarized.