The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Beipiao, known as "Chuanzhou" in ancient times, belongs to Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, located in the northeast of Chaoyang City, in the middle reaches of Daling River. It is adjacent to Fuxin Mongolian Autonomous County in the east, Yi County and Linghai City in Jinzhou City in the south, Chaoyang City and Chaoyang County in the west and southwest, and Aohan Banner and Naiman Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in the north. It covers an area of 4469 square kilometers (2010) and has a population of 600000 (at the end of 2011). In 2011, Beipiao's annual GDP reached 19.503 billion yuan. Beipiao City has famous scenic spots such as Dragon Bird Lake Scenic spot, Great Black Mountain Scenic spot and Baishi Scenic spot. Beipiao City has successively won the title of "National demonstration County for Scientific and technological Progress", "hometown of Chinese Folk Art" and "Mass Culture and Art Base of Liaoning Province". Beipiao folktales are listed as national intangible cultural heritage