Bamboo standards play a vital role in the development and the safety of bamboo products. This paper reviews the bamboo standard development in China and other countries, focusing on the advantages of the international standardization with respect to the national top level design, the resources, the industrialization, the trade, the scientific research and the international organizations. Priorities of the bamboo international standards and the related measures are discussed. It is shown that the Chinese government has paid a high attention to the standards internationalization. China is the top country in the world in the bamboo biodiversity, the total area, the production, the processing and the international trade. In addition, the secretariats of International Network for Bamboo and Rattan and the Bamboo and Rattan Technical Committee of International Organization for Standardization are located in China. Based on China's standards, the priority is to develop 5 major international standards, including the terminology of bamboo products. It is necessary to speed up the development of the international standardization strategy for bamboo and the basic research and experiment in the field of bamboo; to establish long term mechanism for the education of bamboo standardization talents; to attract more attentions from enterprises; to focus on an extensive cooperation with other countries.

bamboo standards of China  /  foreign bamboo standards  /  bamboo international standardization