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.
Chaozhou, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, was established in the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 331). It has a history of 1674 years. It is a famous historical and cultural city of the country, with a reputation of "Linghai famous state" and "seaside Zoulu". As of 2018, the city has jurisdiction over three districts and one county, with a total area of 3679 square kilometers and a resident population of 2.651 million. Chaozhou is located in the Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong, the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, Zhaoan County and Pinghe County in Fujian Province in the east, Jieyang City in Guangdong Province in the west, Fengshun County and Dapu County in Meizhou City in the north, and the South China Sea in the south and Shantou City in the south. The name of Chaozhou began in the eleventh year of Emperor Kaihuang (591). It gets its name from the construction of the ancient Chaozhou capital, which means "in the Chaozhou, the tide goes back and forth". With Chaozhou dialect, Chaozhou opera, Chaozhou music, Chaozhou gongfu tea, Chaozhou cuisine.