Suzhou MetroIt will soon be easier (and faster) than ever to get between Shanghai and Suzhou. A plan to link the Shanghai Metro with a new Suzhou subway line was officially approved by the National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday, Shine reports. Suzhou will continue expanding its Rail ...

WHAT does Suzhou look like in your memory? Is it about the famous Suzhou gardens, the poetic and picturesque bridges; flowing water and riverside homes; the soft tongue of the Wu dialect or Suzhou silk?A paradise city of 2,500 years, the "Venice of the East" is rich in history and culture and has a ...

More than 200 trains will run daily at up to 350 km/hConstruction has started on the third high-speed railway connecting Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, with Shanghai that will halve travel times between Shanghai and cities in the southern part of Jiangsu, according to Jiangsu Railway Group.Th...

Pan Rongda has always been mesmerized by the old neighborhoods in Shanghai's Hongkou district, an area where alleyways intertwine, vibrant markets are bursting with life and traditional dwellings have remained largely unchanged for more than a century.The 30-something was born and raised in the ...

When Mo Di, a philosopher, invented the wood kite about 2,000 years ago, he would have never thought his invention would be passed down and eventually grace Weifang in Shandong province.Known as the cradle of kites, Weifang is also home to many household names, from scholars to poets to artists.Call...

Jiangsu province's Suzhou city is working to attract more foreigners living in nearby Shanghai to visit for weekends and short trips.The canal-laced "Venice of China" offers a break from the fast-paced and relatively Western life of Shanghai, a hypermodern metropolis whose colonial history start...

Suzhou has been listed as one of the first batch of 10 pilot cities on the protection and utilization of historical buildings in China by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development.The other nine cities are: Beijing, Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Yantai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Huangsha...

The Yangcheng Lake National Modern Agriculture Demonstration Area is breeding a new hairy crab, the Yangcheng Lake No.1 Chinese Mitten Crab, with brand new ecological breeding model in its 35 hectares aquaculture demonstration area.It's expected that this batch of Chinese Mitten Crab will be mat...

On 11th, June: 6:45am. Wang Jiqing packs his photography equipment in a bag and walks 15 minutes from his home in Kunshan in Jiangsu Province to the Huaqiao Station on Metro Line 11 to catch a train to his office in downtown Shanghai.Monday, about the same time: Yin Yuhan, who works for a German pha...

AN exhibition featuring 18th-century woodcut prints are underway at Suzhou Art Museum through June 25.The display, including nearly 100 high copies and five original Taohuawu prints from 1736 to 1796, reveals an extraordinary portrayal of life, social changes and development of the city of Suzhou.Ta...

Watching a group of barge-women in bamboo hats and blue prints clothes sing folk tunes and row along the river is a highlight for anyone visiting Zhouzhuang, the beautiful water town in East China's Jiangsu province.Zhouzhuang, an ancient water town with thousands of years of history, features w...

Integrated tourism development in the Yangtze River Delta region will aim to make the entire region a world famous tourist destination, Shanghai tourism authorities said over the weekend.Tourism activities involving cruises, recreational vehicles and high-speed rail in the region will be developed, ...

Construction of a high-speed railway linking up Nanjing, Jurong, Changzhou, Jiangyin, Zhangjiagang, Changshu, Taicang and Shanghai will be started before September 28, according to a City Post report yesterday.The construction of the Sunan Yanjiang High-speed Railway, or Southern Jiangsu Riverside H...

SHANGHAI is planning three "town circles" on the outskirts of the city and neighboring provinces for integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region.The town circles will carry out cross-provincial general urban planning and manage local traffic, environment protection and public facilities...

THE structure of a shopping complex along the Suzhou Creek dubbed the city’s Hanging Gardens of Babylon has been completed.The initial phase of the "1,000 Trees" project will open to public in late 2019 and include restaurants, museums, art galleries and entertainment sites, developer Tian An China ...

The 2018 "Shared Joy in Jiangsu" Jinji Lake Dragon Boat Race will be held on June 18, and the participants have already started training for the race.As Suzhou's most representative festival, the race has been held for eight consecutive years. On June 18, there will be 66 participating teams in ...

Accompanied by Liang Jianquan, vice chairman of Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, Francois Hollande, former president of France, visited Suzhou recently.Hollande said he's impressed by Suzhou's urban development, he said the city has achieved great results during the opening...

It was raining cats and dogs when I reached the water town of Zhenze, after driving for more than an hour from downtown Suzhou.Past the grand entry gate, there was a long pathway leading to the town center. Washed by rain, the trees along the pathway were exceptionally green.Before coming here, I di...

Suzhou metro line 4 has opened in Apr, 2017, connecting Suzhou Wuzhong District, Wujiang District and Suzhou downtown, including important stops such as Suzhou Train station, Leqiao, Guanqian shopping street, Shiquan jie, Shihu and the last stop Tongli Old Town.Besides the well-known Tongli town, qu...

TO most people,the town of BachenginJiangsu Province is the go-to place for premiumhairy crabs fromYangchengLake, the popularYangtzeRiver Delta delicacy now in season.But it wasn’t crab that beckoned me toBacheng recently. I was on a trip with 80 Kunqu Opera aficionados. One of China’s oldest opera ...