The work aims to summarize the status quo and development trend of packaging materials for explosive products in China. The basic functions that the explosive product packaging materials should have were combed. The status quo of domestic explosive product packaging materials and their standards was analyzed. The problems of existing packaging materials and their standards were pointed out and the development trend of future explosive product packaging materials was summarized. The three types of packages, including soviet-style box, wooden box and carton used for explosive packaging materials in China could meet the requirements for the storage and transportation of explosive products, but they lagged behind in term of structure, material, processing technologies and use. The current situation had gradually been exposed to many problems. The explosive packaging materials had a long standard service life and had not been changed yet, and there was also some controversy during the use. The materials and structures of package optimized to meet the needs of automation and intelligent manufacturing of explosives and ammunition is an important trend in the development of future explosives product packaging materials.