Haitong Town, belonging to Sheyang County, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the east-central part of Sheyang County, bordering the Yellow Sea in the east, Huangshagang Town in the southeast, Heide Town in the southwest, and Provincial Linhai Farm in the north, and is 8 km away from the People's Government of Sheyang County, with a total area of 78.88 square kilometers. As of the end of 2019, the registered population of Haitong Town was 33,790.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to the sixth district of Funing County; in 1994, it was changed from Haitong Township to Haitong Town. As of June 2020, Haitong Township has 6 communities and 4 administrative villages under its jurisdiction, with the township's people's government stationed at No. 8, West Renmin Road.
As of the end of 2019, Haitong Town has 93 industrial enterprises, of which 22 are above scale, and 43 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with business area over 50 square meters.