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.
Dongxing, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the southwestern border of China and southern Guangxi, bordering the Beibu Gulf in the southeast and Vietnam in the southwest. In 1996, Dongxing became a county-level city. In 2012, the city has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 31 administrative villages and 10 communities, with a land border of 39 km, a coastline of 50 km, an area of 590 square kilometers and a resident population of 157100 (2016). Dongxing has Beilun Estuary Mangrove Reserve, one of the three major mangrove demonstration reserves in the world, and national 4A scenic spots such as Beijing Island Scenic spot and Pingfeng Rainforest Park. there are historical and cultural landscapes such as the No. 1 boundary monument of Daqing, the people's Friendship Park between China and Vietnam, and the former residence of Chen Jitang, the "Southern Heavenly King" of the Republic of China. At the second China Tourism Forum in 2008, Dongxing City was awarded "China"