By studying the application status of green packaging materials in China, the development and application prospect of green packaging materials were prospected, in order to promote the massive application of more new green materials in packaging. The current application status and recent research progress of green packaging materials in China were analyzed, and the existing problems in the development and application of green packing materials were summarized. The conception of green packaging material and the actual situation of research and application of green packaging materials in China were discussed. In recent years, China has obtained some achievements in terms of degradable packaging material, paper packaging material and edible packaging material, with the advancement of a lot of research work, these new green packaging materials would be largely used in the packaging industry in the future.