Raney copper has been employed for the catalytic hydrogenation of furfural (FA) to cyclopentanone (CPO)and cyclopentanol(CPL).Effects of solvent type, volume ratio of solvent , volume ratio of reactants and solvent, reaction temperature ,reaction pressure and reaction time on the FA conversion and selectivity are investigated in detail. Under the optimal conditions (V(methanol):V(water)= 4:1, V(FA):V(solvent)=1:10,180℃,3MPa and 4 h)),the conversion of furfural is 98.9% and the selectivity of cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol is 52.9% and 19.3% respectively. The microstructure of Raney copper is characterized by XRD, BET and SEM.