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.
Panshan County, under the jurisdiction of Panjin City, Liaoning Province, is located in the north of Panjin City, the lower reaches of the Liao River and the coast of the Bohai Sea. It faces Taian County and Haicheng in the east, Panjin City and Dawa District in the south, Linghai City in Jinzhou City in the west and Beizhen City in Jinzhou City in the north. As of 2013, Panshan County covers an area of 1735 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 10 towns and 117 administrative villages with a total population of 225800. In 2013, the GDP of Panshan County reached 19.7 billion yuan, the investment in fixed assets of the whole society reached 19.1 billion yuan, the public budget income reached 2.23 billion yuan, and the per capita disposable income of residents reached 16100 yuan, an increase of 25.3 percent. Panshan County is "the top ten counties with comprehensive strength in Liaoning Province", "the first county in Chinese river crab industry", and "provincial leisure agriculture and rural areas in Liaoning Province".