The application for national heritage of hotpot is mainly to apply for the protection of traditional frying techniques, skills and hotpot utensils, and the dietary way of eating hotpot. It is hoped that the traditional skills and hotpot culture of Chongqing hotpot can be passed down in the big industrial production.

Chongqing hot pot originated from the dock culture at the confluence of the two rivers, and the traditional hand-frying process technology has been widely used, but compared with the original, both the frying materials, as well as ingredients and utensils, have changed.

As the hot pot capital of China, Chongqing hot pot will also apply for world-class intangible cultural heritage protection next.

Chongqing's spicy hot pot occupies half of the country's hot pot industry, and has a very large influence in the country. In order to pass down the culture of Chongqing hot pot to support the application of Chongqing hot pot national heritage.