Los Angeles (US: /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ (listen) lawss AN-jəl-əs;[a] Spanish: Los Ángeles [los ˈaŋxeles], lit. 'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.
Xinghua City, under the jurisdiction of county-level cities in Jiangsu Province, hosted by Taizhou City, is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between the Yangtze and Huaihe River, and in the hinterland of Lixia River. it is a famous historical and cultural city in Jiangsu Province. Xinghua ancient known as Zhaoyang, also known as Chushui; rich historical and cultural heritage, has a long history, according to textual research, the history of human existence can be traced back to more than 6000 years ago. Xinghua gave birth to world-famous writers, calligraphers and painters such as Shi Nai'an, author of the Water margin, and Zheng Banqiao, head of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou. Xinghua culture has a profound accumulation and talents emerge in large numbers. From Xianchun of the Southern Song Dynasty to Guang Xu at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were 262 people in the middle, 93 in Jinshi and 1 in the top scholar, which is rare in the whole country. Xinghua is a famous "land of fish and rice", the first batch of national global tourism demonstration areas, national ecological demonstration areas, national health cities,