Kobayashi is located on the edge of Hubei and Henan provinces, 42km from Xinyang City, Henan Province in the east,110km from Nanyang City, Henan Province in the west and 88km from Suizhou City in the south. "3 12" national highway runs through the whole territory, connecting towns and small provinces. Xining Railway has a three-level (county-level) railway station in Xiaolin, which is in line with Handan Railway. Rich in mineral resources, convenient transportation and prosperous bazaars, it is a border town in Suizhou, a "window" in northern Hubei and a border trade town.
Kobayashi area 127 square kilometers, cultivated land area 1553 hectares. Administer 1 administrative village (neighborhood) committees with a total population of 35,000. In 2006, Xiaolin Town achieved a total industrial and agricultural output value of 700 million yuan and a fiscal revenue of 3 million yuan.