From 65438 to 0983, the system of city governing county was implemented, and Huilai County was originally affiliated to Shantou City, Guangdong Province. 199 1 year, Jieyang county was removed from the county to build a city (prefecture-level city), and Huilai county was separated from Shantou city and transferred to Jieyang city. Although Huilai County is now divided into Jieyang, people in Huilai County do not admit that they are Jieyang people. They only say that they are from Huilai and don't like to get involved with Jieyang. So people in Jieyang always say that people in Huilai County are not from Jieyang.