In the present paper,we reported the luminescence properties of BiOCl:Dy3+ and BiOCl:Dy3+,Li+ phosphor synthesized by conventional solid state method.X-ray diffraction (XRD) and excitation and emission spectroscopy were used to characterize the samples.Results show that pure tetragonal BiOCl:Dy3+ crystals can be synthesized successfully at 500 ℃,and Li+ ion dopant improves the crystallinity of samples furtherly.Under near UV light excitation,the samples give the characteristic luminescence of Dy3+ ions located at 478 (blue) and 574 nm (yellow),which show a low yellow-to-blue intensity ratio (Y/B) of Dy3+ emission and white light emission.Moreover,codoping of Li+ ion can realize the enhancement of emission intensity and the adjustment of emission color.The characteristics of BiOCl:Dy3+ phosphor,low temperature preparation,good near ultraviolet excitation and white light emission make it to a promising near-ultraviolet WLED phosphor.