Huayuan County is located in the west of Hunan Province, in the middle of Wuling Mountains, at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing provinces. Known as "one foot in three provinces" and "the southwest gateway of Hunan and Chu". The proven reserves of Huayuan Manganese Mine rank first in Hunan Province and second in China. The proven reserves of lead-zinc mine rank second in Hunan Province and third in China, and it has the reputation of "the capital of manganese in the East" and "the hometown of nonferrous metals".
Huayuan is an old revolutionary county and a national key poverty alleviation and development county. There are ancient human activity sites dating back 6.5438 million years, ancient battlefield sites of Ganjiamiao Uprising, tea caves in border towns written by Shen Congwen and other cultural landscapes. There are also Longdong Waterfalls, Chadong Scenic Spot in Border Town and Chiyou Scenic Spot in Ancient Temple River.
Huayuan is also a quaint and mysterious "Bailimiao Township". Miao culture, such as Miao language, Miao painting and Miao generation philosophy, is simple and mysterious. It is the hometown of eight generations of Miao art, suona art, Miao folk culture and art, China folk culture and art, Miao Xiu brocade art in China and the national Chiyou culture research base. Huayuan was successively rated as "Top Small and Medium-sized Cities with the Most Investment Potential in China 100", "Top Small and Medium-sized Cities with the Most Regional Driving Force in China 100" and "Strong County Economy in Hunan Province".