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.
Danling County, which belongs to Meishan City, Sichuan Province, is located on the southwest edge of Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Basin, in Chengdu Economic Zone and Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone. Danling County covers an area of 448.94 square kilometers in 2011, with a total population of 163000, and has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 2 townships. The four seasons are mild, with a monsoon climate in the subtropical humid zone, with an annual average temperature of 17.0 ℃ and a forest coverage of 46.2%. It is known as "the hometown of Chinese folk art (suona)". In 2013, GDP in Danling County reached 4.09 billion yuan, an increase of 10.4% over the same period in 2012. The fiscal revenue was 223 million yuan, an increase of 31.2% over the same period in 2012. The per capita net income of farmers was 9519 yuan, an increase of 14.2% over the same period in 2012. On October 22, 2018, Danling County was selected for 2018.