Abstract: Fresh-eating peanut is rich in nutrition, delicious in taste and has a good market prospect. However, the poor storage stability makes its shelf life short, and the postharvest preservation is an important factor affecting the development of fresh-eating peanut industry. In this paper, in order to provide some reference for the study of storage and preservation of fresh peanut, the nutrition and storage characteristics of it were analyzed, the research status of its postharvest preservation was summarized, and the existing problems and development direction of its postharvest preservation were analyzed as well.