Abstract: Characteristic milk is an important supplement to human milk source.It has the nutrition,functionality,scarcity,regionality and imbalance characteristics.Characteristic milk has unique advantages,Outstanding characteristics,high comprehensive benefits and great development potential.This paper introduces the nutritional and health care functions and common products of buffalo milk,goat milk,horse milk,donkey milk,camel milk and yak milk in China's characteristic milk,as well as the characteristic milk concentrated production areas,and gives some suggestions on characteristic milk industry according to the development status.

Key words: characteristic milk, efficacy, production area