The invention discloses an HMS@NiPt@Beta core-shell structure catalytic material and a preparation method and application thereof. According to the catalytic material, a microporous Beta molecular sieve serves as a core, a mesoporous HMS molecular sieve serves as a shell, NiPt bimetallic nanoparticles are evenly distributed on the surface of the microporous Beta molecular sieve, the core of the microporous Beta molecular sieve is prepared through a hydrothermal synthesis method, niPt bimetallic nanoparticles are loaded on the surface of the microporous Beta molecular sieve through a low-temperature oxygen plasma treatment technology, the mesoporous HMS molecular sieve shell is prepared through a vapor phase crystal transformation method, and based on the total mass of the catalytic material, nickel accounts for 10-30 wt%, platinum accounts for 0.01-5 wt%, the microporous Beta molecular sieve core accounts for 40-60 wt%, and the balance is the mesoporous HMS molecular sieve shell. The catalytic material is applied to a reaction for catalyzing dehydrogenation coupling of pyridine to synthesize 2, 2'-dipyridyl, has the advantages of low dosage, few side reactions, short process and the like, and has a good application prospect in the fields of adsorption separation, petrochemical engineering, fine chemical production and the like.