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.
Hongwei District, the lower district of Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, is located in the middle of Liaoning Province, the southeast suburb of Liaoyang City, 70 kilometers north from Shenyang and 30 kilometers south from Anshan. It is located in the center of the urban agglomeration in central Liaoning and is an important part of the high-tech industrial development belt of Liaodong Peninsula. As of 2011, Hongwei District has 4 streets and 2 towns. The total area is 149.8 square kilometers and the total population is 146000. In 2013, the GDP of Hongwei District reached 18.4 billion yuan, the public budget income was 1.06 billion yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 10.8 billion yuan, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 1.45 billion yuan, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 23480 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 13080 yuan.