Huai 'an, called Huaiyin in in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province and the east of Jianghuai Plain. Located in the Yangtze River Delta, it is an important central city in northern Jiangsu, a modern central city in the northern part of the Yangtze River Delta, a member city of Nanjing metropolitan area, and the first city in the Huaihe River eco-economic belt, located at the intersection of the ancient Huaihe River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in China, is located on the Qinling-Huaihe River line, which divides the north and south of China. It is a national civilized city, a national historical and cultural city, a national sanitary city, a national garden city, a national environmental protection model city and a national low-carbon pilot city. As one of the main cradles of Huaiyang cuisine, it has been chosen as the "food capital of the world" and one of the cradles of ancient culture in the Jianghuai Valley.

Area 10030 km2. Huaian has a history of more than 2200 years. Huaiyin County in Qin Dynasty, surabaya county, administered Matou Town in Huaiyin today. There is a site of "Qingliangang Culture" in the territory. It used to be the hub of grain transportation and salt transportation, with the governor's office of grain transportation and the governor's office of Jiangnan River.

Historically, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou have been called "Four Metropolis" along the canal, "the land where southern ships meet northern Malaysia" and have the reputation of "China Canal Capital". Huai 'an section of the Grand Canal in China was selected as a World Heritage List. By the end of 20021,the permanent population of Huai' an was 4,556,230. In 20021year, Huai' an achieved a regional GDP of 455.0438+0.3 billion yuan.