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.
Suining, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, also known as Doucheng and Suizhou, is located in the middle of Sichuan Basin. It is the regional central city of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, the modern industrial base of Sichuan Province, and the modern ecological garden city characterized by "heart-nourishing" culture. Chengdu is connected to the west, Chongqing, Guang'an and Nanchong to the east, Neijiang and Ziyang to the south, Deyang and Mianyang to the north, and an isometric triangle to Chengdu and Chongqing. Located in the main axis of the development of urbanization in Sichuan, it is one of the "six metropolitan areas" strategically deployed in Sichuan Province, and an important part of Chengdu economic circle and Chengdu plain urban agglomeration. Suining has a total area of 5300 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 1 county-level city, 2 municipal districts and 2 counties. In 2018, the registered population is 3.6535 million and the city's GDP is 122.139 billion yuan. Located in the low hills of the central Sichuan Basin.