The Huaihai Campaign Memorial Museum documents the pivotal 1948–49 battle fought in and around Xuzhou, one of the decisive engagements of the Chinese Civil War. The battle lasted 65 days and ended with the encirclement and destruction of the Nationalist forces in the region, opening the road to the Yangtze River and effectively ending Chiang Kai-shek's ability to hold northern China.
The museum is housed in a large modern building surrounded by an outdoor memorial park with dioramas, preserved equipment, and monuments. The exhibition is strongly nationalist in framing but the scale of the event is genuinely conveyed — maps, casualty figures, and detailed tactical accounts make the military history comprehensible without specialist knowledge. The building overlooks an artificial lake; the panorama is used effectively to give a sense of the vast geography of the campaign.