Beihai pearl, called south pearl is famous all over the world.The beauty of South pearls comes from their thick nacre and higher luster. Layers of nacre that have crystallized and aligned properly create pearls with intense glow. An old saying from of old"West Pearl Superior to East Pearl, South Pearl Superior to West Pearl"proves the high quality of south pearl.

Peanut worm, a burrowing worm-like sea animal commonly seen on shores of Beihai, is around 5-10 cm long and 5-8 mm in diameter. Peanut worm, whether raw or cooked, is a tasty seafood. It can also be dried and then used for diverse cuisines. It is always selling well in the market as a healthy food.

Stichopus variegates is one of the sea cucumbers. It is mainly produced in Weizhou island. It's one of the eight treasures since it has rich nutrition. It is sold well home and abroad.

Hard clam, Meretrix meretrix, is a shellfish commonly seen in the South China Sea. It can be used for different cuisine since its meat is soft and tasty. Its flesh is high in protein and its shell can be used for medical purpose.

Ballot's Saucer Scallop is called sun and moon shell in China as its upper shell is reddish-brown and its lower shell is chalky white. Duo to its wonderful flavor, white flesh and high nuitrition value, the sun and moon shell is widely welcome among consumers.

Sea snake is a kind of superior food with rich nutrition and delicious taste. The toxin of sea snake can cure sciatica and rheumatism.

Dugong dugon, also called mermaid, actually looks very ugly. People call it sea cow. It lives in the sea area near Shatian town of Hepu county.

Lancelet is a cephalochordate. It usually appears in loose sand along the coastal beach. Lancelet likes getting into sand with only head coming out. Its body is colorless and transparent. Lancelet is listed as one of the world rare animals not only because it is titbit of seafood but also it has great research value in biology.

Horseshoe crabs, fascinating creatures in the phylum of Arthropoda, are found along the coast of Guangxi. They are often called "living fossils" as they are among the world's oldest animals and believed to be the closest living relative of the extinct animals of trilobite. Their blood are blue since the hemocyanin in their blood contain copper molecules which result in a blue color. An extract from the horseshoe crab's blue, copper-based blood called lysate can be used to detect, with exquisite sensitivity, endotoxins that are so dangerous to people and to test the purity of medicines. Besides, their meats and eggs are also served as foods in some local restaurants.

Oyster is a bivalve living along the coast of Xichang town. Since it has delicious taste and rich nutrition, people home and abroad all like it. Oyster shell can be used as medicine. Oyster sauce is very popular in people's life.

Sepia officinalis, also called cuttle fish, is belonged to Sepiidae, cephalopod. Sepia has high nutrition value. Every 100g sepia meat has 17g protein, 1.7g fat, A100 vitamin. Other matter body needs like Calcium, phosphorus, iron, lactoflavin also can be found within sepia. It's also a good medicinal material for canker, trauma and gynaecology disease. Dried sepia sells well home and abroad.

Sea horse, a kind of fish, also named Long Luo Zi, is a costly medicinal material. It's good for promoting birth, relieving pain, lessening of swelling, relieving cough or asthma and so on. A popular saying“North Ginseng, South Sea Horse”proves its high value.

Prawn, produced in coastal area, is a crustacean. Yingpan town is the mainly prawn production base of Beihai. With a delicious taste and rich nutrition, every year a large amount of dry prawn, fresh prawn and prawn oil are sold at home and abroad.

Beihai has a history of 200 years in firecracker and fireworks production. Owing to different production methods, we now have many firecracker species like single crackling, double cracklings, interlinking cracklings etc. The crackling is clear and loud. Fireworks species are over 200, two thirds of which are sold to more than 20 countries and regions like America,Holland, Switzerland,Japan,Hong Kong,Southeast Asian etc.

Longan is popular in Lingnan area. Longan production in Hepu county, Beihai is very famous. Its origin is as early as Han dynasty. From the poem in which the great poet Su Tungpo praising the good taste of longan, we can know Hepu county has a history of hundreds of years in longan production. Longan is a prolific bearer and thrives in many towns of Hepu county. Longan may be dried without nut. The sun dried longan is well known as longan-nut can be used as medicine. Canned longan is exported all over the world.

Chicken Mouth Lychee of Xiang Mountain is a famous, special, rare, fine species. It's popular with its thick pulp, sweet taste, fresh pericarp and rich nutrition. The seedling tree of Chicken Mouth Lychee has a history of over 300 years. In 1957, it was sent to chairman Mao by Gongguan county and received a good reputation ever since. It's the finest fruit for its high quality.