New supported Raney-Cu catalyst was prepared from pseudo-boehmite powder and copper aluminum alloy powder. It could be used in a continuous-flow fixed-bed reactor and it was also a good catalyst for hydrogenolysis of glyc-erol to propylene glycol after the two raw materials were processed by the following procedures: molding, drying, calci-nation, and leaching. XRD, H2-TPR, as well as SEM technique were employed to study the physicochemical properties of the catalysts, and the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propylene glycol (1,2-PDO) was used as a probe to evaluate the performance of supported skeletal copper catalysts. The test result indicated that CuAl2 was the main crystal phase of pre-cursor after the dried strips were calcined at 850 °C in air. A part of CuAl2 was oxidized to α-Al2O3, which was the main contributor to the strength of Raney-Cu/Al2O3, while the remaining CuAl2 was converted to active skeletal copper after the leaching process. The effects of reaction temperature, hydrogen pressure, LHSV, hydrogen-oil ratio, glycerol concen-tration, and alkaline additives on the catalytic performance were studied in water or ethanol, respectively. Conversion of glycerol and selectivity of 1,2-PDO were 30.9% and 91.4% in water, or 99.0% and 73.6% in the ethanol system, respective-ly, when the reaction was performed at a temperature of 215 °C, a H2 pressure of 3 MPa, a LHSV of 1.0 h-1, a hydrogen-oil ratio of 500, and a glycerol concentration of 20% (ethyl alcohol solution).