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.
Danyang, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, in charge of county-level cities, was called qu'an in ancient times, and got its name from the meaning of "Danfeng Chaoyang". Located in the Yangtze River Delta, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, belongs to the Taihu Lake basin. Danyang is one of the birthplaces of Wu culture. It was founded in the warring States period and is the hometown of Qi and Liang dynasties. Danyang culture belongs to Wu Yue culture, and the people of Danyang belong to the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Rivers crisscross in Danyang, 122 Provincial Highway, 312 National Highway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Zhendan Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. In 1987, it was approved by the State Council to withdraw counties and build cities, and was listed as a coastal open city. Danyang is the world's largest lens production base, known as the "hometown of Chinese glasses" Meiji. The economic strength of Danyang ranks No. 1 in the comprehensive competitiveness of county-level cities in China in 2013.