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.
Qi County (Q í xiqin) belongs to Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, located in the middle of Shanxi Province, known as "Zhaoyu" in ancient times, named after "Zhaoyu Qi Ze Tou", the glassware capital of China. The county has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 2 townships (Zhaoyu Town, Dongguan Town, Guxian Town, Jia Ling Town, Chengzhao Town, Laiyuan Town, Xiliuzhi Township, Yukou Township), 160 administrative villages, 289 natural villages, and a provincial development zone. By 2017, the county has a total area of 854 square kilometers and a resident population of 274700. In 2016, the county's GDP reached 7.1737 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the added value of the primary industry was 1.71842 billion yuan, up 2.9%, accounting for 24.0% of the GDP, and the added value of the secondary industry was 1.95003 billion yuan, up 7%.