Many dry crops are planted in the hilly areas of northern China, mainly including naked oats, buckwheat, potatoes, flax, rape and so on. The northern grassland is rich in sheep, goats, cattle, horses, camels and other livestock. The southern plain has fertile soil, irrigation system from the Yellow River and underground water irrigation facilities, which can ensure a bumper harvest in drought and flood, and is rich in wheat, millet, beets, sunflowers, corn, sorghum, vegetables and fruits. Buckwheat is a major specialty here, which is famous for its large particles, high flour yield, good flour quality and delicious taste. This is an export product in short supply. Naked oats are another famous specialty in Baotou, with rich nutrition and high medicinal value.

According to the preliminary investigation, there are 88 families, 302 genera and 60 1 species of wild plants in the mountainous areas of Central China. The rare species listed as important national protection include Astragalus membranaceus and Prunus mongolica. There are more than 200 kinds of important medicinal materials commonly used, such as Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Astragalus membranaceus, Ephedra sinica, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Bupleuri Radix, Radix Platycodi, Radix Polygalae, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Codonopsis and Lycium barbarum, among which Astragalus membranaceus, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Ephedra sinica, Radix Codonopsis and Lycium barbarum are well-sold at home and abroad.

Baotou's catering features still have a strong northwest flavor, that is, beef and mutton and various pasta-based. And there are some foods with unique flavors, and their names are all weird and interesting! Such as making nests, pinching fish, rolling jiaozi, wrapping jiaozi, frying puppets, baking cookies, pressing hafnium, and so on. They are all traditional foods carefully made by naked oats in Yinshan, Inner Mongolia. Yinshan naked oats are also famous for this.

At the intersection of Huancheng Road and Nanmenwai Street, there is a night market food stall, where you can taste all kinds of local snacks and the price is very cheap. On summer nights, people come here to have a big meal.