The invention relates to a method for preparing 
chitin and 
chitosan by 
coupling shrimp and crab shells through a hydrothermal / two-step enzymic method. The method comprises the following steps: removing impurities from 
shrimp and crab shells, and crushing the 
shrimp and crab shells; adding 
organic acid for decalcification treatment, placing filter residues into a hydrothermal reactor, and feeding a reaction medium for 
hydrothermal reaction; then rapidly relieving the pressure in the reactor, collecting a hydro-
thermal treatment product, carrying out 
solid-liquid separation, and adding 
protease into a 
solid material to carry out enzymolysis deproteinization treatment; separating the deproteinized product to obtain 
solid residues, 
drying the solid residues to obtain 
chitin, and adding 
chitin deacetylase into the chitin for 
enzyme treatment to prepare 
chitosan; and finally, treating the 
organic acid decalcification solution and the 
protein enzymatic 
hydrolysate to obtain organic 
calcium and 
protein peptide. According to the method, the decalcified shrimp and crab shells are modified through a hydrothermal method, the compact structure of the shrimp and crab shells is broken, the 
accessibility of subsequent 
protease and deacetylase is promoted, the enzymolysis efficiency is improved, poly-generation of 
organic acid calcium, 
protein peptide, chitin and 
chitosan is achieved, the production process is rapid, stable and free of 
pollution, and large-scale industrial application is easy to achieve.