Abstract: This paper summarizes the work on a number of bamboo reinforced plastic composite materials (BRPs) developed by the authors. Their (BRPs) mechanical characteristics as well as microstructure were investigated. The exp-perimental evaluation shows that BRPs possess favorable properties. The effects of bamboo species, scale of reinforcement, constituent of matrix and processing condition on mechanical properties of BRPs are obvious. The reinforcing mechanism of bamboo/plastic is discussed. Bamboo/plastic is a ...