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.
Shenqiu County, known as moling in ancient times, is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhoukou City, Henan Province, located in the southeast of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan and Anhui, Juying swimming in the water, Xiangcheng in the west, and Anhui boundary in the east, with a total area of 1080.53 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 2 streets, 15 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 1.2931 million in 2013. In 2014, the local GDP of Shenqiu County reached 20.46 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3% over 2013, ranking third in Zhoukou in terms of total volume and growth rate. On August 1, 2018, the standing Committee of Henan Provincial Government approved Shenqiu County to withdraw from poverty-stricken counties. Henan Province held an executive meeting of the provincial government, which approved the withdrawal of Xinxian, Shenqiu and Xincai from poverty-stricken counties. September 25, 2018, obtained the Ministry of Commerce "2018 e-commerce into rural areas comprehensive demonstration"