The paper expounds the importance to protect famous historic cities, brings forward several problems of Yinchuan city on this aspect, and discusses effective says to develop unique features for Yinchuan city.

• 该文论述了保护历史文化名城的重要性，提出了银川在名城保护上存在的问题，并对形成银川城市特色的有效途径进行了探讨。