The work aims to review the research progress of bio-based degradable packaging materials in the preservation of fruits and vegetables, so as to provide ideas and methods for solving the problems of the traditional packaging materials that are difficult to degrade and environmentally polluted, enhancing the effect of preservation of fruits and vegetables, and promoting the research on the storage and preservation technology of fruits and vegetables. The characteristics of three common types of bio-based degradable packaging materials, namely protein, polysaccharide and lipid, were summarized and concluded by searching relevant literature in China and abroad. The research progress and industrialization prospect of composite properties and application of such materials in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables and unprocessed fruits and vegetables in recent years were also discussed. Bio-based degradable packaging materials had high economic and environmental value, which could better maintain the freshness of fruit and vegetable products and extend the storage period. These studies not only provide theoretical support for the further development of bio-based degradable packaging materials, but also point out the direction for the future processing and production of fruits and vegetables, showing a broad prospect of industrial application, so as to better meet people 's needs for fruit and vegetable packaging.