With the rapid development of economy and the growing global population，the shortage of healthy food resource has been increasingly apparent. Because of the common disease caused by diet and lifestyle，such as hypertension and hyperlipemia，and so on，the health consumption and the demand of the new health food resources become more concerned. Eucommia ulmoides is a valuable traditional Chinese medicinal crop with a long cultivation history of 2000 years. The increasing evidence suggests that Eucommia ulmoides has some unique characteristics that are effective for body health. The main features are：（1）As high quality drug if can strengthen bone，improve liver and kidney functioning，maintain healthy blood pressure，anti-cytotoxic and anti-osteoporosis，and lower body fat.（2）As important healthcare products if reduces fatigue，improves sleep quality，lowers high blood pressure and reduces body fat. It is one of the 32 health foods authorized by the State Food and Drug Administration.（3）Potential functional food made from if include vinegar，grain，and soft capsule with seed oil，staminate tea，wine and drinks，mushrooms，agaric，drinks excluded staminate，spirit，noodles，bean sprouts，and cake，etc. Especially，Eucommia seed oil and staminate tea have been authorized by national family planning council in recent years. Health foods from Eucommia ulmoides will have a very bright future in China.