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.
Tongxiang City is located in the north of Zhejiang Province, the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain, belonging to Jiaxing City. It was listed in the first batch of open counties (cities) in the country in 1985. 131 km east of Shanghai, 74 km north of Suzhou and 65 km west of Hangzhou, it is located in the triangle of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Sujin. It has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 9 towns and 2 new districts, with a total population of 820000 in 2010. Tongxiang City, located in the southeast coast, is a typical subtropical monsoon climate. Warm and humid, four distinct seasons, Rain Water abundant, plenty of sunshine. It has the climatic characteristics of wet spring, hot summer, dry autumn and cold winter. The annual average temperature is 16.5 ℃. It was the coldest in January, with a monthly average temperature of 4.0 ℃ and an extreme minimum temperature of-11.0 ℃. Tongxiang achieved a GDP of 69.37 billion yuan in 2016. The total annual financial revenue reaches 10.05 billion.