The Chifeng Golden Snake has been included in the List of Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Research Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000. Moreover, in September 2020, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration issued the Notice on Regulating the Scope of the Classification and Management of Wild Animals for Fasting, prohibiting the breeding of Chifeng Jinshen for the purpose of eating, except for special circumstances such as appropriate reserve of provenance, etc. Guide farmers to stop breeding.

Chifeng Jin Snake is a member of the genus Elephantidae A kind of animal with thick and long round body, it is the only large snake in Liaoning Province. The total length is about 1.5 meters, the longest can reach 2 meters, the weight is about 1 kilogram, and the heaviest is 1.7 kilograms.