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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as Washington or D.C. or locally simply as the District, is the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2016.

The U.S. Constitution provides for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress; the district is not a part of any U.S. state (nor is it one itself). The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of the capital district located along the Potomac River near the country's East Coast. The City of Washington was founded in 1791, and Congress held its first session there in 1800. In 1801, the territory, formerly part of Maryland and Virginia (including the settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria), officially became recognized as the federal district. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia, including the city of Alexandria; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the district. There have been efforts to make the city into a state since the 1880s, a movement that has gained momentum in recent years, and a statehood bill passed the House of Representatives in 2021.

Longyan City, also known as Minxi, is located in western Fujian, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to the east, Meizhou in Guangdong to the south, Ganzhou in Jiangxi to the west, and Sanming to the north. In May 1997, the land was removed and the city was established. Longyan is an inland city adjacent to the sea. it is a transportation hub and important passage for extending the two wings of the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, connecting the two continents and expanding the hinterland. In the foothills of Cuiping Mountain, 2 kilometers east of Longyan City, there is a karst cave, which is named "Longyan Cave" because of its rock pattern. Longyan City is the only prefecture-level city in China named after the word "Dragon". Longyan City is composed of part of the northern part of ancient Zhangzhou and part of the jurisdiction of Guting State. Longyan is an integral part of China's old revolutionary base and the Central Soviet area. One of the starting points of the long March, the seven counties (cities and districts) are all counties of the Central Soviet area.
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