The invention discloses a method for preparing a carbon microsphere adsorbent under catalysis of metal salt with a low-temperature hydrothermal method. The method comprises steps as follows: (1) a biomass solution with the concentration being 2wt%-20wt% and a metal salt solution with the concentration being 0.5wt%-2wt% are prepared, then mixed in the mass ratio being (2-5):1 and stirred for 5-10 min, and a reaction solution is obtained; (2) the reaction solution is transferred to a stainless steel reaction kettle, the volume of the reaction solution accounts for 60%-80% of that of the reaction kettle, the reaction solution is heated to 100-160 DEG C at a certain heating speed, reacts at the constant temperature for 8-20 hours and is naturally cooled, separated and dried in vacuum, and hydrothermal carbon microspheres are obtained; (3) the hydrothermal carbon microspheres are calcined and carbonized at the air atmosphere, and the carbon microsphere adsorbent is obtained. The preparation process of the adsorbent is simple, energy consumption is low, the reaction time is shortened to be within 24 hours, and the adsorbent has high adsorption performance for part of positive ions, particularly, uranyl ions, has excellent radioresistance, thermal stability and acid stability and can be widely used for treatment of radioactive wastewater.