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.
Tieling, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, is located in the north of Liaoning Province and in the middle of Songliao Plain. The city has a total area of 13000 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 2 county-level cities and 3 counties, with a total population of 2.916 million in 2018. Since 1984, Tieling has sent nearly 600 sports reserve talents to excellent sports teams above the provincial level, including Yan Hong, Lu Gang, Chen Yueling, Sun fuming and Liu Hongyu, who have become world champions. In 2018, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Tieling City reached 61.66 billion yuan, the per capita GDP reached 23428 yuan, the general public budget income reached 5.22 billion yuan, and the per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents reached 24994 yuan, an increase of 7.5 percent over the previous year.