Abstract:With the development of industry, more and more emerging organic pollutants are entering the water environment, posing a threat to human health and the ecological environment. The traditional advanced oxidation technology of persulfate has the problems of high application cost and ecotoxicity of residues, and finding new low-cost and environmentally friendly alternatives has become a new research direction. Sulfite itself is an industrial by-product that is considered a good alternative to persulfate due to its low cost and more environmentally friendly advantages. This paper reviews the research progress of activated sulfites in recent years from the perspective of homogeneous and non-homogeneous phases, summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of different activation modes, summarizes the application of sulfites in the treatment of emerging organic pollutants in water as well as the main factors influencing them, and points out the knowledge gaps in the existing research on the mechanism of co-oxidation between inorganic and organic pollutants and the pathway of organic pollutant degradation, and the homogeneous and non-homogeneous activation materials in practical applications. Looking forward, the research will focus on the development of new trends of non-homogeneous activation materials, practical wastewater treatment and exploration of organic pollutant degradation pathways to provide theoretical support for the application of sulfite in the field of water treatment.