The invention discloses a method for preparing
chitosan fibers, which comprises the following steps: mixing 2.0 to 6.0 weight percent of
chitosan, 4.0 to 6.0 weight percent of
lithium hydroxide, 0.5 to 4.0 weight percent of
urea, 0.1 to 3.0 weight percent of
glycerol and the balance of water, and swelling to prepare
chitosan spinning solution; and
spinning by a wet-process
spinning method, coagulating and precipitating in a coagulating bath to form protofilaments, washing, drawing, and
drying to obtain the chitosan fibers. In the invention, the spinning solution is prepared by dissolving chitosan in an alkaline
solvent, the chitosan macromolecular chains exist in a high-swelling state, the arrangement of the chitosan macromolecular chains is more compact, the high
instability of the chitosan in acidic solution is overcome, the
hydrolysis of the chitosan macromolecular chains and the breakage of the glucosidic bonds are avoided, the oriented arrangement of the macromolecular chains is promoted, and the mechanical properties of the chitosan fibers are improved.