Wanzhou grilled fish is now a district-level intangible cultural heritage project in Wanzhou.

it combines modern people's eating habits and modern cooking techniques, adopts the unique technique of pickling first, then roasting and then stewing, and takes the essence of traditional Sichuan cuisine and Chongqing hot pot to prepare dozens of different flavors, such as spicy, sauce-flavored, spicy and lobster sauce, which are rich in flavor and spicy but not dry. This unique cooking skill is self-contained and popular all over the country, and has gradually become the "golden signboard" of Wanzhou catering industry.

Wanzhou is also called "the hometown of grilled fish in China".

"According to textual research, Wanzhou grilled fish production technology originated in the first year of Jingyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1277), with a history of more than 711 years." Liu Xia, deputy secretary-general of Wanzhou Grilled Fish Industry Association, said that as a local specialty food, Wanzhou grilled fish has been inherited and developed to this day. Not only do most cities above the county level have stores, but they also go abroad and operate in the United States, France, Germany, Singapore and other countries and regions.