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.
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as "Changji Prefecture", belongs to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountains, southeast edge of Junggar Basin, high in the south and low in the north, tilting from southeast to northwest, belonging to a typical continental arid climate; with a total area of 73900 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over two county-level cities, four counties and one autonomous county; the total population in 2017 is 1.406 million. Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang was once the only road leading to Central Asia and Europe from the New North Road of the ancient "Silk Road". It has been the throat of the western region and the barrier of northern Xinjiang since ancient times, and it is an important part of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt in Xinjiang. North Xinjiang Railway, National Highway 312, National Highway 216, Provincial Highway 115 and Tuwu High-grade Highway run through the whole territory. At the same time, Changji Prefecture is also a worker to promote the intellectual property strategy of small and medium-sized enterprises.