Shaobing (pinyin: shāobǐng; Wade–Giles: shao-ping), also called huoshao, is a type of baked, unleavened, layered flatbread in northern Chinese cuisine.

[2] Shaobing is not very well known in southern China,[citation needed] unlike other northern dishes like mantou, baozi, and youtiao.

In the Mandarin cuisine tradition, shaobing are served with hot pot (huǒguō) in winter or soy milk.

Chinese legends claim that the roasted, flat shaobing was brought back from the Xiyu (the Western Regions, a name for far-western China and Central Asia) by the Han dynasty General Ban Chao, and that it was originally known as hubing (胡餅, lit.

It is a traditional snack in Zibo, Shandong province, China, created by Guo Yunlong based on a horseshoe-shaped thick pancake.

Magao (常州大麻糕; Chángzhōu Dàmágāo), or sesame cake, is popular in the city of Changzhou in Jiangsu province.