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.
Suzhou, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, is located in the north of Anhui Province, bordering Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan provinces, bordering the coast, bordering Suqian City and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province in the east and Bengbu City in the south. It is adjacent to Huaibei City, Shangqiu City in Henan Province and Heze City in Shandong Province in the west and northwest. The total area is 9787 square kilometers. Suzhou has Xiaoshankou site and Gutai Temple site. Qiyi was built during the Zhou Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, due to the opening of the Tongji Canal (Bian River) section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Suzhou is an important birthplace of Chu-Han culture and Huaihe culture. Suzhou, known as Yundu, has the largest cloud computing data center in eastern China. It is the rendering base of CG animation cluster and one of the five major quantum communication node cities in China. Suzhou is a civilized city of Anhui Province, a national garden city and a national intelligent city.