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Description
There's not much to be said about Huabeisaurus. The described remains show an odd trend of cervicals becoming shorter in height near the base of the neck, rather than maintaining or increasing in height as with most sauropods, culminating in unusually small anterior dorsals. While generally thought to belong in Euhelopodidae, recent studies have put the titular and most complete member of the family outside Somphospondyli entirely (e.g. Moore et al., 2020), leaving Huabeisaurus to be reconstructed after other, fragmentary relatives.

References:
-Pang, Q. & Cheng, Z. (2000). "A new family of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 74 (2): 117–125.
-H. You; F. Tang; Z. Luo (2003). "A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 77 (4): 424–429. doi :10.1111/j.1755-6724.2003.tb00123.x .
-Rose, Peter J. (2007). "A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships" (web pages). Palaeontologia Electronica. 10 (2).
-Canudo, José I.; Royo-Torres, Rafael; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria (2008). "A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 712–731.
-Suteethorn, S.; Le Loeuff, J.; Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V.; Talubmook, C.; Chonglakmani, C. "A new skeleton of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from NE Thailand. Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Continental Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 315, 189–215.
-D. A. Winkler, M. J. Polcyn and L. L. Jacobs (2012). "New sauropod dinosaur material from Jones Ranch: a large Comanchean nonmammalian tetrapod from Texas." Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
-D'Emic, M.D.; Mannion, P.D.; Upchurch, P.; Bensos, R.B.J.; Pang, Q.; Cheng, Z. (2013). "Osteology of Huabeisaurus allocotus (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of China". PLoS ONE. 8 (8): e69375.
-Lü, Junchang; Pu, Hanyong; Xu, Li; Jia, Songhai; Zhang, Jiming; Shen, Caizhi (2014). Osteology of the giant sauropod dinosaur Ruyangosaurus giganteus Lü et al., 2009. Beijing: Geological Publishing House.
-Poropat, S.F.; Upchurch, P.; Mannion, P.D.; Hocknull, S.A.; Kear, B.P.; Sloan, T.; Sinapius, G.H.K.; Elliot, D.A. (2014). "Revision of the sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae Hocknull et al. 2009 from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia: Implications for Gondwanan titanosauriform dispersal". Gondwana Research. 27 (3): 995–1033
-Saegusa, H.; Ikeda, T. (2014). "A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan". Zootaxa. 3848 (1): 1–66.
-Poropat, S.F.; Mannion, P.D.; Upchurch, P.; Hocknull, S.A; Kear, B.P; Elliot, D.A. (2015). "Reassessment of the non-titanosaurian somphospondylan Wintonotitan wattsi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia." Papers in Palaeontology, Vol. 1, Part 1, 2015, pp. 59–106.
-Barrett, P.M.; Clark, J.M.; Xing, X. (2020). "Osteology of Klamelisaurus gobiensis (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) and the evolutionary history of Middle–Late Jurassic Chinese sauropods". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (16): 1299–1393.

Description
There's not much to be said about Huabeisaurus. The described remains show an odd trend of cervicals becoming shorter in height near the base of the neck, rather than maintaining or increasing in height as with most sauropods, culminating in unusually small anterior dorsals. While generally thought to belong in Euhelopodidae, recent studies have put the titular and most complete member of the family outside Somphospondyli entirely (e.g. Moore et al., 2020), leaving Huabeisaurus to be reconstructed after other, fragmentary relatives.

References:
-Pang, Q. & Cheng, Z. (2000). "A new family of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 74 (2): 117–125.
-H. You; F. Tang; Z. Luo (2003). "A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 77 (4): 424–429. doi :10.1111/j.1755-6724.2003.tb00123.x .
-Rose, Peter J. (2007). "A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships" (web pages). Palaeontologia Electronica. 10 (2).
-Canudo, José I.; Royo-Torres, Rafael; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria (2008). "A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 712–731.
-Suteethorn, S.; Le Loeuff, J.; Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V.; Talubmook, C.; Chonglakmani, C. "A new skeleton of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from NE Thailand. Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Continental Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 315, 189–215.
-D. A. Winkler, M. J. Polcyn and L. L. Jacobs (2012). "New sauropod dinosaur material from Jones Ranch: a large Comanchean nonmammalian tetrapod from Texas." Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
-D'Emic, M.D.; Mannion, P.D.; Upchurch, P.; Bensos, R.B.J.; Pang, Q.; Cheng, Z. (2013). "Osteology of Huabeisaurus allocotus (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of China". PLoS ONE. 8 (8): e69375.
-Lü, Junchang; Pu, Hanyong; Xu, Li; Jia, Songhai; Zhang, Jiming; Shen, Caizhi (2014). Osteology of the giant sauropod dinosaur Ruyangosaurus giganteus Lü et al., 2009. Beijing: Geological Publishing House.
-Poropat, S.F.; Upchurch, P.; Mannion, P.D.; Hocknull, S.A.; Kear, B.P.; Sloan, T.; Sinapius, G.H.K.; Elliot, D.A. (2014). "Revision of the sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae Hocknull et al. 2009 from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia: Implications for Gondwanan titanosauriform dispersal". Gondwana Research. 27 (3): 995–1033
-Saegusa, H.; Ikeda, T. (2014). "A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan". Zootaxa. 3848 (1): 1–66.
-Poropat, S.F.; Mannion, P.D.; Upchurch, P.; Hocknull, S.A; Kear, B.P; Elliot, D.A. (2015). "Reassessment of the non-titanosaurian somphospondylan Wintonotitan wattsi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia." Papers in Palaeontology, Vol. 1, Part 1, 2015, pp. 59–106.
-Barrett, P.M.; Clark, J.M.; Xing, X. (2020). "Osteology of Klamelisaurus gobiensis (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) and the evolutionary history of Middle–Late Jurassic Chinese sauropods". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (16): 1299–1393.