Abstract: The intelligent textiles made a great change in the traditional functions of textiles, i.e., home textiles and apparel using. It has come into all walks of life and establish a new development path for textile applications and innovation from the functionalization of waterproof and moisture permeability and temperature control to the intelligentization with feedback adjustment. The paper introduces the development status of smart textiles, and prospects for the future development of smart textiles in anti-decubitus pads,physiological monitoring status of elderly life, and auxiliary shoes and socks to detect diabetes based on China’s increasing aging situation.

Key words: intelligent textiles; functional textiles; rehabilitation assistant devices; aging society; Healthy China