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.
Jurong is a county-level city administered by Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, which is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, connecting Zhenjiang to the east and Nanjing to the west. It is the southeast gateway of Nanjing and a county-level city in Nanjing metropolitan area. It is known as "Nanjing New Eastern suburb and Jinling Imperial Garden". It is a new city in the Yangtze River Delta integrating port, industry, trade and tourism. Jurong bought a county in the first year of Yuanshuo of the Western Han Dynasty (128 BC). It has a history of more than 2000 years. It is one of the 13 ancient civilized counties that were first established in Jiangsu Province, and has long been under the jurisdiction of Nanjing. In April 1995, it was approved by the State Council to withdraw counties and set up cities, which became one of the earliest open areas announced by the State Council. Jurong is one of the top 100 counties (cities) in China, an excellent tourist city, a national ecological demonstration zone, a national advanced city in science and technology, a national health city, and a national.