Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province is located in the northwest of Hebei Province, Bashang area on the southern edge of Inner Mongolia Plateau, bordering Chongli in the southeast. The county covers a total area of 4 185 square kilometers, governs 18 townships, 366 administrative villages and167 natural villages with a population of 372,000 (201kloc-0/year).

Qingyang, a city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province. Located in the easternmost part of Gansu Province, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces, it is a gully region of the Loess Plateau in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Known as "Longdong", it is known as "Longdong Granary". Qingyang City governs 7 counties in 1 District, namely: Xifeng District and Qingcheng, Huachi, Ningxian, Zhenyuan, Heshui, Zhengning and Huanxian. The city has a total land area of 27 1 19 square kilometers and a total population of 2,222,700 (20 13).