Yak is a special species in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.The research showed that the yak meat was nutritious,and had lots of properties including dark red color,high protein,low fat and good tenderness,etc.So the yak is an excellent meat resource.The situation of processing yak was introduced in this article,and a theory basis was established for largely producing,standardizing and industrializing local special foods of the yak ham.