To solve the problem of formaldehyde releasing from maple particleboard, the hot-pressing technology with soy protein-based adhesive for maple particleboard was presented.Single factor experiments prove the availability of the soy protein-based adhesive in the production of particleboard.According to the results of response surface optimization, it is shown that when hot-press temperature, hot-press time, adhesive dosage and density of maple particleboard were controlled at 180 ℃, 27.5 min, 15.7%, 780 kg/m³ respectively, the maple particleboard has the optimal inside and surface bonding strength which can met the requirements of National Standard GB/T 4897.1-2003.