Abstract: As one of important categories of textiles, industrial warp-knitted fabric has great development potential and has become the new development direction of technical textiles sector. By introducing the characteristics and advantages of this kind of product, the paper discussed the latest applications of warpknitted fabric in the fields of energy, aerospace and aviation, architecture, medical and land transportation.The problems existing in the development of the industrial warp-knitting sector were summarized. It also give suggestions on R & D, personnel training, platform construction and opening up new application fields,aimed at promoting the healthy and well-organized development of the industry.

Key words: industrial warp-knitted fabric; axial warp-knitted fabric; warp-knitted spacer fabric; composite materials; application and development