Green packaging and intelligent packaging, as the main development direction of packaging industry in recent years, are still in the development stage in China. If the two directions can be combined and extended in development tentatively, it will certainly provide beneficial help to the development of China’s packaging industry. The related concepts and development history of green packaging and intelligent packaging were introduced. Aiming at three types of intelligent packaging: functional structure intelligent packaging, functional material intelligent packaging and information-based intelligent packaging, their current situation and the status combined with green packaging were discussed respectively. The results showed that the development of new-type intelligent packaging should conform to the principle of green packaging to obtain a better market prospect.