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.
Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, is known as "the first city of the Yangtze River, the wine capital of China, and the bamboo capital of China". Located in the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, at the confluence of Jinsha River, Minjiang River and Yangtze River; the terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, which belongs to the humid climate of the mid-subtropical monsoon, and the forest coverage of the city is more than 46%. The content of negative oxygen ions in the air is as high as 47000 / cubic centimeter (Qidonggou), which is extremely suitable for human habitation. Changning County in the area has become a famous Changshou County. It covers an area of 13283 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 7 counties. At the end of 2018, the registered population is 5.523 million. Yibin has a profound cultural heritage, with a history of 2200 years of city building, 4000 years of wine-making history and 3000 years of tea-growing history. It is a famous national historical and cultural city. There have been a large number of celebrities in past dynasties, who have raised Li Shuoxun.