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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.

Nanping, a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, is located in the north of Fujian Province and on the southeast side of the northern section of the Wuyi Mountains, at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, commonly known as "Minbei", bordering Zhejiang Province in the northeast, Jiangxi Province in the northwest, Ningde City in the southeast, Sanming City in the southwest, between 26 °15 degrees north latitude and 28 °19 degrees east longitude, 117 °00 degrees east longitude, covering an area of 26300 square kilometers, accounting for 1/5 of Fujian Province. During the Revolutionary War, the Fujian Provincial Party Committee was stationed in northern Fujian for several times and was known as the red land where the red flag will not fall. Nanping has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 5 counties and 3 county-level cities; in 2016, the registered population was 3.2126 million (permanent resident population 2.66 million); in 2016, the city achieved a regional GDP of 1457.
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