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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.

Zhangjiagang City, belonging to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the east of Chinese mainland, on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, connected with Changshu in the southeast, Suzhou and Wuxi in the south, Jiangyin in the west, and the Yangtze River in the north, across the river from Rugao and Jingjiang River. the total area is 986.73 square kilometers, of which the land area is 777 square kilometers and the water area is 195.67 square kilometers. Zhangjiagang City, formerly known as Shazhou, was abolished in September 1986, and Zhangjiagang City was established after Zhangjiagang, a natural good port in the territory. By 2018, there were 8 towns under the jurisdiction of Zhangjiagang City, and there were 7 functional areas with a resident population of 1.2606 million, achieving a GDP of 272.018 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 3.063 billion yuan and that of the secondary industry was 1423.6.
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