Huaibei (Chinese: 淮北; pinyin: Huáiběi) is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui Province, China.
It borders Suzhou (Anhui) to the east, Bengbu to the south, Bozhou to the west, and the provinces of Henan to the northwest and Jiangsu to the northeast.
The town of Duanyuan [zh] forms the exclave of Duji District that borders Xuzhou (Jiangsu) to the north.
Huaibei has vast quantities of mineral reserves including marble, iron, copper, gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, fire clay and limestone.
Huaibei is the home to numerous chemical, construction, machinery, textile, power, electronics, and mineral industrial firms.
The metallurgy, machinery, electronics, and food industries have also produced more than 100 kinds of products have reached or been approaching the national or international level.
More than 200,000 mu (130 km2 or 50 sq mi) of land has been cultivated for fisheries that contain a large number of fish, shrimps, and crabs.
These merchandise are then exported to more than 80 countries and regions such as the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, Western Europe, Russia, and Hong Kong, etc.