Abstract: New manufacturing techniques of nanofibers and the prospect of applications of typical nanofibers are reviewed.It points out that textile nanofiber,solid-core carbon nanofiber,biodegradable nanofiber,and conductive hybrid nanofibers of polymers can be manufactured by the electrostatic spinning process,and their diameters are dependent on the spinning technological parameters.Electrostatic spinning is the most important way of making nanofibers and most hopeful for realizing the commercial production of nanofibers.