Huaihua City, also known as "Crane City" and "Crane State" and "Wuxi" in ancient times, is a prefectial-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. It is located in the south of western Hunan Province, between Wuling Mountains and Xuefeng Mountains, at 25°52 '22 "~ 29°01' 25" north latitude and 108°47 '13 "~ 111°06' 30" east longitude, with a total area of 27564 square kilometers. Huaihua City is located in the central tropical Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou climate zone and Jiangnan climate zone transition position, the territory of four distinct seasons, cold and hot summer short. As of October 2021, Huaihua Municipality has jurisdiction over 1 municipal district, 10 counties, 1 county-level city and 1 administrative district. The municipal government is based in Hecheng District. By the end of 2021, the permanent population of Huaihua was 4.5595 million, down 0.5%.

During the Spring and autumn period, it belongs to Chu Wu. The Warring States of the world, Chu Qian county land. After the unification of China in the Qin Dynasty, Qian County was set up here and the administration of the country began. The Republic of China belongs to the ninth and tenth administrative regions. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huaihua was divided into two areas: Huitong and Yuanling. In 1952, Yuanling special area was abolished and Zhijiang Special area was established on the basis of Huitong Special Area. The 4 counties Yuanling, Chenxi, Steeu (80 ° °) and Mayang (80 ° °), which used to be Yuanling special area, were grouped into Zhijiang Special Area, forming the prototype of Huaihua City. In 1953, it was renamed Qianyang District. In 1981, it was renamed Huaihua Area. In 1998, Huaihua District was abolished and Huaihua City was set up at prefecture level. Huaihua is a national comprehensive transportation hub city, the central city and node city of Wuling Mountain Economic Cooperation Area. It has been known as the "gateway of Guizhou and Yunnan" and the "throat of the whole Chu" since ancient times, and is the "bridgehead" of the central and eastern regions of China to the Great Southwest.

In 2021, the GDP of Huaihua reached 181.78 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4% over the previous year (calculated at comparable prices, the same below). Specifically, the added value of the primary industry was 26.562 billion yuan, up by 9.4%; The added value of the secondary industry was 55.064 billion yuan, up 9.7%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 100.155 billion yuan, up by 7.4%.