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.
Guiping City, alias Xunzhou, is located in the southeast of Guangxi, where Qianjiang, Yujiang and Xunjiang meet. Guiping County was founded in the first year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty (502). From Nanliang to the late Qing Dynasty, Guiping County has been the seat of Xunzhou county, state, road and government. In May 1994, counties were withdrawn and cities were established. In October 1996, Guiping City was transferred to Guigang City. Guiping is an important agricultural town, with an area of 1.017 million mu of arable land, including 770000 mu of paddy field, which is the most populous county in Guangxi. It is the largest grain production base, inland river ship production base, leisure clothing production base, yellow sand shark culture base and yuba export base in Guangxi. It is one of the top 100 counties in western China, an advanced county in national grain production, a national model city with double support, one of the top ten counties in Guangxi for scientific development, and an advanced county in attracting investment and investment in Guangxi.