Theoretical methods to simulate the enzymatic reactions have been rapidly developed during the past decade. In particular, the hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) method provides the nature of enzymatic catalysis at the atomistic level. Such kind of method has been widely adopted in the fields of chemical reaction and biological macromolecules, especially the mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis. It has the advantages of high accuracy from the QM method and high efficiency from the MM method. This short review provides a brief introduction of the principle and development of the QM/MM method and gives some examples of its applications.