Photoreduction of CO 2 into solar fuels is usually regarded as one of the promising solutions to overcome environmental pollution and the energy crisis. The main challenge in CO 2 photoreduction (CO 2 PR) is the low efficiency and poor selectivity. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are a class of 2D materials, consisting with M(OH) 6 octahedra in the host layers and intercalated anions. Owing to the tuneable composition, particle size, morphology, and virtue coordinatively unsaturated active sites, a series of efficient strategies (morphology control, heterostructure, defect control, etc.) in LDH-based photocatalysts have been efficiently developed to enhance the photocatalytic selectivity and activity for CO 2 PR. This review summarizes recent progress on the LDH-based photocatalysts for CO 2 PR. Al 3 + and transition metal elements, Fe 2 + , Co 2 + , Ni 2 + , Zn 2 + , Cr 3 + , Fe 3 + , etc.) in the laminate layers and A nÀ is the interlaminated anion (such as: NO 3 À , CO 3 2À and SO 4 2À , etc.) in the interlayer. [6b,c,7] It has been widely applied in photocatalyst in the past decades. [8] Ascribe to the tunable atomic structure, the bandgap of LDHs can be tuned from 2.0 eV to 5.4 eV by changing the composition of layer. [9] Moreover, the surface defects (such as: V M , metal vacancy and V OH , hydroxyl vacancy, etc.) as active sites in photocatalysis can be easily introduced by controlling the thickness and size of LDHs etc., thus promoting the efficiency of CO 2 PR. This review focuses on the recent development of the LDHs-based photocatalysts for CO 2 PR, and the corresponding progress of CO 2 PR has achieved great progress from the former CO 2 conversion rate of~1 μmol g À 1 h À 1 to recent 218130 μmol g À 1 h À 1 , and the desirable valuable-product also move from CO to CH 4 and methanol. The major strategies of promoting the CO 2 PR are discussed from different perspective from the morphology and composition, electronic structure, and defects structure for further understanding the relationship between the structure and activity.