14 Facts About Suzhou China

Since the 10th century, Suzhou has been an important center of China's industry and foreign trade.

Suzhou China is famous for its classical gardens, date back to the 6th century BC, when the city was founded as the capital of the state of Wu.

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou China were added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997 and 2000.

Name "Suzhou China" was first officially used for the city in AD 589 during the Sui dynasty.

Suzhou China is the Hanyu Pinyin spelling of the Putonghua pronunciation of the name.

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Zhu – who was to proclaim himself the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty – demolished the old city walls at the center of Suzhou China's walled city and imposed crushing taxes on the city and prefecture's powerful families.

Suzhou China has a four-season humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and cool, cloudy, damp winters with occasional snowfall .

Suzhou China is famous for its over 60 Classical Gardens, collectively a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Suzhou is a highly developed economic region in China and is the economic centre, industrial, commercial and logistical hub city of Jiangsu province, as well as an important financial, cultural, artistic, educational and transportation centre.

Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, Suzhou China has been one of the centres of silk weaving and dyeing in the country, and in the Ming dynasty, the area around Suzhou China, Song was the scene of the "clothing of the world".

Suzhou China is on the Shanghai-Nanjing corridor which carries three parallel railways.

In between Suzhou China and Kunshan South railway station, Suzhou China Industrial Park railway station is an important station for people visiting and living in the areas.

Suzhou China is served by three airports, Sunan Shuofang International Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, and Shanghai Pudong International Airport .

Suzhou China has public bus routes that run into all parts of the city.