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.
Zhuji, Zhejiang Province under the jurisdiction of county-level cities, hosted by Shaoxing City, is located in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province, adjacent to Hangzhou in the north and Yiwu in the south. Zhuji, with a long history and a gathering of humanities, is the hometown of Yue and Xishi. Zhuji is one of the ethnic settlements of ancient Yue and the place where Gou Jian, the king of Yue, conspired to restore the country. In the 25 years of the Emperor of Qin, Zhuji County was set up, belonging to Huiji County. Zhuji is the birthplace of Yuyue culture. There used to be the prosperity of Qiantang famous area. China's top 100 counties and cities. Zhejiang Province is the first batch of strong cities in science and technology and the first batch of strong cities in education in Zhejiang Province. Zhuji City has a land area of 2311.26 square kilometers, with a resident population of 1.187 million and a registered population of 1.0854 million at the end of 2018. In 2018, the city's regional gross domestic product (GDP) reached 122.525 billion yuan, an increase of 6% over the previous year at comparable prices.