NOVELTY - Preparation of a catalyst (I) containing a porous carrier (a), active metal and activator, for methanol synthesis, comprises applying an active metal precursor (b) (comprising active metal in a reducible form) on (a); reducing (b) with a reductor (comprising an activator metal and a group of hydrides or an organic group); and transferring the reductor into the activator.    USE - (I) is useful for methanol synthesis or as reformer in the fuel cell technology (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst obtained by the process is more active and only smaller proportions of active metal (e.g. copper) is required for the catalyst when compared with well-known catalysts. The process of preparing catalyst takes place in a safety manner, particularly in lower temperatures (not exceeded by 200degreesC), which suppress or avoids unfavorable particle growth processes. The combination of active metal precursors with reductors, provides an unusually high dispersion of active metals and activators simultaneously high surface and/or boundary surface contact metal/metallic oxide activator, which leads to the improvement of specific activity and selectivity of the catalysts. The composition of the catalyst system provides an unchanged high dispersion by permutation and/or cyclic repetition of the individual loading and/or reaction steps. The process avoids the problematic salt and/or stabilizer loads.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Preparation of a catalyst (I) containing a porous carrier (a), active metal and activator, for methanol synthesis, comprises applying an active metal precursor (b) (comprising active metal in a reducible form and a group, which is bound via associated atoms (O, S, N, P or C) to the active metal atom) on (a) (having a specific BET surface of at least 500 m2/g); reducing (b) with a reductor (comprising an activator metal and a group of hydrides or an organic group, which is bound via carbon atom on the activator atom); and transferring the reductor into the activator.    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a catalyst for methanol synthesis, comprising (a), a carrier bonded active metal and carrier bonded activator, where (a) shows a specific BET surface of at least 500 m2/g, active metal shows a specific surface of at least 25 m2/g and the activator shows a specific surface of at least 100 m2/g.