There is rich surface and underground resource in Xining . There are 10 kinds of main mineral resources such as coal, iron, copper etc, among which quartzite reserves occupies the first place of the whole nation, basalt the second place, and gypsum the third place. Meanwhile, there are ample resources whose reserve wins the first place of the whole nation such as Kainite, Lithium, Iodine, Wild Sulfur, Silex, and Asbestos. Xining has a rich source in water and electricity. The upper reaches of yellow river can seat thirteen huge hydroelectric power stations with an installed capacity of 13,000,000 kilowatts, and annual electric power is 36 billion kilowatts. In addition, there are also many medium arid mini-type hydroelectric or thermal power stations. Main special local products are fern, rhubarb, tian ma, gen-seng, aweto, caladium and yak hair etc, which are very popular among customers. The total agrarian area is 1.92 million mu, which produces wheat, rapeseed, horsebean, potato and other fine vegetables. After half century's development, the body of industry in Xining consists of mechanism, light textile, metallurgy and food industry, the preponderant industrial products consisting of numerical controlled machine tool, siliceous iron, measure &blade tools, Tibetan blanket and Tibetan medicine etc, the special local products consisting of fern, horsebeans and aweto etc, all of which are very competitive in the international market.