Compared with the traditional ion imprinting technology, surface ion imprinting technology uses various forces, such as chelation and electrostatic interactions, to fix the template ions in the functional monomer, and then graft the functional monomer on the surface of the carrier. Uniform reaction binding sites solve the problems of deep coating and difficult elution in the preparation process of traditional ion imprinted materials, and further improve the selective recognition ability and adsorption ability of the surface ion imprinted polymer carrier. The surface rhenium ion-imprinted polymer carriers reported in recent years are classified and explained, mainly including silicon materials, biomass materials and functional nanomaterials, etc. Some deficiencies in the preparation and application of surface rhenium ion-imprinted polymers are noted, and looked forward to its future development direction and application prospects.