The catalytic performance of composite catalysts is not only affected by the physicochemical properties of each component, but also the proximitya nd interaction between them. Herein, we employf our representative oxides (In 2 O 3 , ZnO,C r 2 O 3 ,a nd ZrO 2 )t oc ombine with H-ZSM-5 for the hydrogenation of CO 2 to hydrocarbons directed by methanol intermediate and clarify the correlation between metal migration and the catalytic performance.The migration of metals to zeolite driven by the harsh reaction conditions can be visualizedb ye lectron microscopy, meanwhile,t he change of zeolite acidity is also carefully characterized. The protonic sites of H-ZSM-5 are neutralized by mobile indium and zinc species via as olid ion-exchange mechanism, resulting in ad rastic decrease of C 2+ hydrocarbon products over In 2 O 3 /H-ZSM-5 and ZnO/H-ZSM-5. While,t he thermomigration ability of chromium and zirconium species is not significant, endowing Cr 2 O 3 /H-ZSM-5 and ZrO 2 /H-ZSM-5 catalysts with high selectivity of C 2+ hydrocarbons.