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.
Xinxiang County, which belongs to Xinxiang City, Henan Province, is located in the north and middle of Henan Province, the southern foot of Taihang Mountain and the upper reaches of Weihe River. It is connected with Yanjin in the east, Huojia in the west, Yuanyang in the south, and the east, south and west of Xinxiang in the north. Xinxiang County has a history of more than 1400 years since the Sui Dynasty established the county six years ago. In 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong personally visited Xinxiang County, and party and state leaders Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Wu Bangguo, and Wen Jiabao also visited Xinxiang County one after another. Xinxiang County has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 1 township and 1 provincial economic development zone, 178 administrative villages, with a resident population of 350000 (2016) and a county area of 375square kilometers. In 2017, Xinxiang County achieved a GDP of 21 billion yuan. In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics for protection and utilization.