China's salt production areas are very widely distributed, covering many types of salt, including sea salt, well salt, rock salt and pond salt. Here are some of the main salt sources:
1.Changlu Salt Zone:Located on the coast of the Bohai Sea, Hebei, Shandong, Tianjin and other places are one of the most important sea salt producing areas in China. The salt pans here have a long history and high yields, accounting for 25 35 of the country's sea salt. It is mainly distributed in Leting, Luannan, Tanghai, Hangu, Tanggu, Huanghua, Haixing and other counties.
2.Liaodong Bay Salt Area:It is also a sea salt producing area, located in the coastal area of Liaoning Province.
3.Qinghai Salt Lake:China's largest potash fertilizer production base, which also produces table salt. Qinghai Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in China and one of the largest in the world.
4.Zigongjing salt:Zigong City is prosperous because of salt, is a famous well salt producing area in China, and is known as the "thousand-year-old salt capital".
5.Yexian Rock Salt:Located in Yexian County, Henan Province, it is one of the important rock salt production bases in China.
6.Huai Yan:It refers to the salt industry in the Huai'an region of Jiangsu, which was historically one of the important salt producing areas in ancient China.
7.Yunnan Salt:Yunnan Province is also a major salt producer in China, and Yunnan salt is produced in this region.
8.Xiangheng salinization:Hengyang City, Hunan Province, is the location of Xiangheng salinization and is also a salt producing area.
9.Gilanti Salt Lake:Located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it is a large natural salt lake in China.
10.Manas Salt Lake:Located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is a famous salt lake in China and one of the largest undeveloped salt lakes in the world.
11.Dingbian Salt Lake:Located in Dingbian County, Shaanxi Province, it is a large salt lake in China.
In general, in addition to the above-mentioned regions, salt is produced from northeast China to Hainan and Taiwan, from Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan-Tibet to Inner Mongolia. These areas are rich in salt types, including sea salt, well salt, rock salt, pond salt, etc., each with its own characteristics and uses.