Xuyi County, a county under the jurisdiction of Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the Yangtze River Delta region, in the southwest of Huai'an, the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, the south bank of Hongze Lake, and the middle and east of the Jianghuai Plain; It is adjacent to Jinhu County and Tianchang City of Chuzhou in the east, Tianchang City of Chuzhou in the south and Mingguang City in the west, and Sihong County and Hongze District in the north and northeast. According to the data of the seventh national population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Xuyi County was 607211, accounting for 13.33% of Huai'an City.

Xuyi County is located in the transition region between the northern subtropical zone and the warm temperate zone, with a monsoon humid climate. The terrain is high in the southwest and hilly; Northeast China is low and plain; The slope is stepped and the height difference is more than 220 meters. The Huaihe River flows through the territory, bordering on Hongze Lake in the east and north, with low mountains, hills, plains, river and lake polder areas and other landforms.

Xuyi has many cultural tourism resources and has won the honorary title of "China's Top Tourism County". In 2016, Xuyi was rated as the second batch of national tourism demonstration zones by the National Tourism Administration.

Xuyi, founded in the Han Dynasty, is the seat of the ancient Sizhou Prefecture, a famous city in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and once gave birth to the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. There are many historic sites in the territory, and the world's earliest comet orbit map and Chen Zhangyuan pot of the Warring States Period have been unearthed in the territory. In October 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities with investment potential in 2018. On July 29, 2020, it was included in the naming list of national health towns (counties) in the 2017-2019 cycle.

In 2020, Xuyi County will achieve a GDP of 43.532 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1%.