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Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ (listen); HEW-stən) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.

Comprising a land area of 640.4 square miles (1,659 km2), Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, bordering other principal communities of Greater Houston such as Sugar Land and The Woodlands.

The city of Houston was founded by land investors on August 30, 1836, at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a point now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837. The city is named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas's independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen's Landing. After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s, Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century.

Lai'an County, which belongs to Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, is located in the east of Anhui Province. Founded in the 26 year of Qin Shihuang (221 BC), it is called Jianyang County. After several Yi county name, to the first year of Zhongxing in the Southern Tang Dynasty (958), named Lai'an County. Lai'an County has jurisdiction over 12 townships, two provincial economic development zones, two national 4A tourist attractions and a national wetland park, with a land area of 1481 square kilometers and a total population of 490900. Lai'an County, adjacent to Nanjing Jiangbei New area, a national new area, is the core layer of Nanjing metropolitan area and an important gateway of Nanjing Jiangbei. The Chahe town under its jurisdiction is adjacent to Nanjing High-tech Development Zone and is close to Nanjing Metro Line 3 Forest Farm Station. Only 12 kilometers away from Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. In 2017, the annual gross domestic product (GDP) of Lai'an County reached 15.94 billion yuan.
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