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Raleigh (/ˈrɑːli/; RAH-lee) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 147.6 sq mi (382 km2). The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.

Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University (NC State) and is part of the Research Triangle together with Durham (home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University) and Chapel Hill (home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The name of the Research Triangle (often shortened to the "Triangle") originated after the 1959 creation of Research Triangle Park (RTP), located in Durham and Wake counties, among the three cities and universities. The Triangle encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which had an estimated population of 2,037,430 in 2013. The Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 1,390,785 in 2019.

Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a small portion extending into Durham County. The towns of Cary, Morrisville, Garner, Clayton, Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, and Rolesville are some of Raleigh's primary nearby suburbs and satellite towns.

Sichuan, referred to as Sichuan or Shu, is one of the 23 provinces in China, the capital of Chengdu. It is located in the inland of southwest China, bounded by 26 °03 north latitude 34 °19 miles north latitude and 97 °21 miles east longitude 108 °12 'east longitude, connecting Chongqing to the east, Yunnan and Guizhou to the south, Tibet to the west, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai to the north. The geomorphology of Sichuan Province varies greatly from east to west, and the topography is complex and diverse. it is located in the transitional zone between the first Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the second plain of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is located in the Chinese mainland topography. The topography is high in the west and low in the east. It is composed of mountains, hills, plain basins and plateaus. Sichuan Province has three major climates, namely, the humid climate in the middle subtropics of Sichuan Basin, the subtropical semi-humid climate in the mountains of southwest Sichuan, the alpine plateau climate in northwest Sichuan, and the overall pleasant climate.
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