Abstract: This paper summarized the influence factors of bearing capacity of reinforced foundation on the basis of the historical literatures, and proposed the optimum parameters of reinforced foundation. The paper also summarized the failure modes of reinforced foundation and analytical solutions, discussed advantages and disadvantages of formulas used to calculate bearing capacity of reinforced foundation. It is advised that calculation method of bearing capacity of reinforced foundation should be based on accurate failure mode and complete reinforcement mechanism. And research on failure modes and quantified standards to identify the type of failure modes, reinforcement mechanism, and large scale tests should be the focus of research in future.