Abstract: This paper gives an insight into recent technological progresses in the production of bioethanol using surface engineered yeast，which provides strategies to genetically immobilize amylolytic，cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes on yeast cell surface for the production of fuel ethanol from biomass. The expression system of recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae utilizing starchy and lignocellulosic biomass is highlighted，and its potential of application in bio-ethanol production and also present existing problems are primarily summarized.