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.
Jingjiang City, referred to as "Jing" for short, is located in eastern China, the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, near the Jingjiang River, facing the river in the east, west and south, facing Jiangyin and Zhangjiagang in the south and southeast, adjacent to Rugao in the east and Taixing in the northwest. It is a new port industrial city in Jiangsu Province, with 54 kilometers of high-quality Yangtze River shoreline and convenient land and water transportation. The geographical location of Jingjiang is "strangling the gate of the river and sea and defending the whole Wu", so it is called "Jingjiang". "Jing" means stability and peace, and "Jiang" is because it is close to the Yangtze River, which means that Jingjiang is a city by the river. Jingjiang has been listed as an open area by the State Council and joined the Southern Jiangsu Torch Belt, which has become an important "bridgehead" for the Shanghai Pudong Development Zone and the Southern Jiangsu Torch Belt to radiate and extend to northern Jiangsu. Jingjiang is a first-class and powerful city north of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, leading the counties and cities in northern Jiangsu. Jing