The work aims to summarize the existing heat treatment process of bamboo, the physical and chemical properties of bamboo under different treatment temperature, analyze their shortages and then put forward the future research trend of heat-treated bamboo slabs as wood substitute material in packaging. The research status of different heat treatment of (including time, temperature and medium of treatment) bamboo and the characteristics of physical and chemical properties of bamboo were summarized. The current heat treatment technology had some advantages as an environmentally friendly and simple bamboo modification technology, but the single process condition had a negative impact on the original properties of bamboo, so it was necessary to develop and improve the process parameters and reaction conditions, and design the corresponding preparation device. The multi-thread integrated process can optimize the properties of bamboo while maintaining or even reduce the damage of bamboo structure at medium and high temperature, thus increasing the service life of heat-treated bamboo and expanding the application field.