NOVELTY - A self-started oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM) process at evaporation temperature of aqueous methanol, involves: pre-mixing an aqueous methanol steam and oxygen to obtain a mixture; feeding the mixture to a copper (Cu)/zinc oxide (ZnO)-based catalyst in an OSRM reactor with a reactor temperature lower than 100 degrees C, where the Cu/ZnO-based catalyst comprises a copper palladium (CuPd)/ZnO catalyst or a copper rhodium (CuRh)/ZnO catalyst; catalyzing an OSRM process where the reactor temperature is raised; and yielding hydrogen at 140-200 degrees C during the OSRM process.    USE - As self-started OSRM process for hydrogen production (claimed) which is used in fuel cells, particularly proton exchange membrane fuel cells for notebooks, cellular phones, and digital camera.    ADVANTAGE - The process catalyzes an OSRM process to generate a hydrogen rich gas (HRG) by taking advantage of a supported CuPd/ZnO catalyst or a supported CuRh/ZnO catalyst to initiate the OSRM at lower than 100 degrees C. The catalysts achieve higher methanol conversion rate and lower CO selectivity at a lower reaction temperature, where reaction temperature stands for the reactor temperature during OSRM process. The small amount of Cu and Pd or Rh particles are evenly distributed on a suitable support and provide good catalytic activity of the CuPd/ZnO or CuRh/ZnO catalyst. No external heat other than aqueous methanol evaporation is required for initiating the OSRM process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A self-started oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM) process at evaporation temperature of aqueous methanol for hydrogen production, involves: pre-mixing an aqueous methanol steam and oxygen to obtain a mixture; feeding the mixture to a copper (Cu)/zinc oxide (ZnO)-based catalyst in an OSRM reactor with a reactor temperature lower than 100 degrees C, where the Cu/ZnO-based catalyst comprises a copper palladium (CuPd)/ZnO catalyst or a copper rhodium (CuRh)/ZnO catalyst; catalyzing an OSRM process where the reactor temperature is raised; and yielding hydrogen at the reactor temperature of 140-200 degrees C during the OSRM process, where the hydrogen contains less than or equal to 1 mol.% carbon monoxide (CO).