Extracting or recovering boron from water bodies such as salt lake water,sea water and indus-trial/agricultural wastewater is of great significance to solve the problem of the lack of boron resources and boron pollution.Adsorption is the most potential technology for extracting and removing boron from water.The development of high-performance boron adsorption materials is the critical factor.This paper systemati-cally summarized and analysised the research status of various boron adsorbents including chelating group functionalized boron adsorbents,metal oxides or hydroxides,carbon materials,composite materials and biomaterials.It is hoped to provide a basis for the selection of boron adsorption materials in the application research of boron extraction from salt lake water,seawater desalination and industrial wastewater removal.