BACKGROUND: Semiconductor TiO 2 has been investigated extensively due to its chemical stability, nontoxicity and inexpensiveness. However, the wide band gap of anatase TiO 2 (about 3.2 eV) only allows it to absorb UV light. TiO 2 nanoparticles modified by conditional conjugated polymers show excellent photocatalytic activity under visible light. However, these conjugated polymers are not only expensive, but also difficult to process. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was heat-treated at high temperature to remove HCl and a C C conjugated chain structure was obtained. When TiO 2 nanoparticles were dispersed into the conjugated polymer film derived from PVC, this composites film exhibited high visible light photocatalytic activity.