The work aims to review the application and development of active packaging technology in preservation of fruits and vegetables to provide the foundation for the research on the application of the further developed active packaging technology in preservation of fruits and vegetables. Targeting at the existing problems in preservation of fruits and vegetables in China, this review briefly described the classification and application of active packaging on the preservation of fruits and vegetables. Some research achievements of active packaging system had been acquired in the fields of antibacterial, deoxygenation, ethylene adsorption, control of carbon dioxide and so on, which could be applied in preservation of fruits and vegetables. Active packaging is characterized by such advantages as regulating the environment where the products were packaged, thus better preserving the products. Because of that, it has become the hot spot of preservation packaging and provides important practical significance for its application in fruit and vegetable preservation.