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.
Shulan City, which belongs to Jilin City, Jilin Province, is located in the north-central part of Jilin Province, with geographical coordinates of 43 °51 latitude 44 °38 'north latitude and 127 °45' east longitude. Jilin Province under the jurisdiction of county-level cities, entrusted to Jilin City escrow. It is bordered by Longtan District and Jiaohe City of Jilin City in the south, Jiutai City across the Songhua River in the west, and Wuchang City in Heilongjiang Province in the northeast. The city is 105km long from east to west and 77km wide from north to south, with a total area of 4557.05 square kilometers. With a total population of 656000 (2012), it has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 10 towns, 5 townships and 1 provincial economic development zone. In 2012, the gross domestic product of Shulan City reached 18.55 billion yuan. The first batch of national experimental and demonstration areas for sustainable agricultural development. In September 2018, in the sixteenth session