San Jose,[A] officially San José (/ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, -ˈseɪ/; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'),[B] is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 population of 1,013,240, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 9.7 million people respectively, the third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego and ahead of San Francisco), and the tenth-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018.
Baoding, known in ancient times as Shanggu, Baozhou, Zaocheng and Baofu, is located in the middle of Hebei Province and at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains. It is one of the central cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and a part of China (Hebei) Free Trade Experimental Zone. It is known as "three passes controlled in the north, nine provinces in the south, and an important place in Gifu." it's called Nanpinghan. Today, the name of Baoding means "defend the capital and stabilize the world". Baoding has always been the "capital capital" and the "south gate of the capital". In the Qing Dynasty, Baoding was the capital of Zhili Province and the resident of the governor of Zhili Province. for nearly 300 years from 1669 to 1968, Baoding was the political, economic, cultural and military center of Hebei and the regional political center of China. After the founding of New China, it has also been the provincial capital of Hebei Province twice. Baoding is also the legendary hometown of Emperor Yao, with a history of more than 3000 years. It is the kingdom of Yan and Zhongshan in history.