Huailai () is a county in northwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiakou. Huailai County is a center for grape wine production, with the China Great Wall Wine Company, Ltd. headquartered in the town of Shacheng. Huailai Tianyuan Special Type Glass Co., Ltd. is also located in Huailai County.

Geography

Huailai County is located in the eastern part of Zhangjiakou prefecture, with latitude ranging from 40° 04′ to 40° 35′ N and longitude 115° 16′ to 115° 58′ E. It contains the upper reaches of the Yongding River and borders Beijing Municipality. It is east-southeast of the urban area of Zhangjiakou and west-northwest of Beijing city proper. Huailai County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate ( Köppen ''BSk''), with cold, dry, and windy winters and hot, humid summers, with temperatures slightly warmer than Zhangjiakou due to the more southerly location but still significantly cooler than in Beijing due to the high elevation. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 60% in July to 73% in January and February, sunshine is abundant year-round, totalling about 3,030 hours annually.

Administrative divisions

There are 11

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, five townships and one ethnic township in the county:

Towns (镇)

Townships (乡)

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() * Jimingyi Township () * Dongbali Township () * Ruiyunguan Township () * Sunzhuangzi Township () * Wangjialou Hui Ethnic Township ()

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County-level divisions of Hebei Wine regions of China Zhangjiakou {{Zhangjiakou-geo-stub