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.
Qingshen County, which belongs to Meishan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Chengdu Plain, bordering Dongpo District in the north, Leshan in the south and Emei in the west. Now it has jurisdiction over Qingcheng Town, Nancheng Town, Heilongjiang Town, Xilong Town and other seven towns and three townships. Qingshen County has a total area of 386square kilometers and a resident population of 197029. The county government office is located in Qingcheng town. In 2017, Qingshen County achieved a GDP of 7.46 billion yuan. Qingshen is the hometown of Silkworm Cong, the first king of Shu, and is known as "Southern Silk Road", "Little Emei of Minjiang Ancient Waterway", "Su Shi's second hometown", "hometown of Ponkan in China" and "hometown of Chinese Bamboo Weaving Art".