Huitong County, under the jurisdiction of Huaihua City, Hunan Province. It is located in the west of Hunan Province and borders Tianzhu County of Guizhou Province in the west. The total area is 2,258 square kilometers. As of October 2021, Huitong County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 10 townships. In 2021, Huitong County has a registered population of 365,200 and a permanent resident population of 290,500.

Huitong is located in Xuefeng mountain area on the edge of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Canal water, Wu water from south to north and Yuanjiang River junction. Rich in water resources, the Yuanjiang River tributary canal and Longjiang hydropower station, Changtian Hydropower Station, Seoir Hydropower Station, etc. The territory is rich in fir, pine, bamboo, oil Tong, oil tea, has been listed as one of the 7 Chinese fir central production areas of the source area. Mineral deposits are gold, coal, lead, zinc, antimony, crystal and so on. Jiaoliu Railway, 209 State Road and 222, 318 provincial highway transit. Memorial sites and places of interest are Su Yu's former residence, Zhuge Well, the tomb of the Emperor's son-in-law, the tomb of the princess, the tomb of the National teacher, the warning sign of the tour house, stone house tower, etc. On April 16, 2019, the People's Government of Hunan Province, through on-the-spot inspection and third-party on-the-spot assessment, confirmed that Huitang County met the conditions for being a poor county and agreed to be lifted out of poverty. On January 29, 2021, it was selected into the list of regions with notable achievements in 2020 published by Hunan Provincial People's Government (the "three nots" in the province's petition work were established to meet the standards in counties and urban areas).

In 2021, the GDP of Huitong County reached 10.026 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8%. The value added of the primary industry was 1.737 billion yuan, and that of the secondary industry was 1.744 billion yuan; The tertiary industry added value was 6.545 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry structure was 17.3:17.4:65.3.