Latest achievements of Suzhou's enterprises have drawn much attention during the 4th World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen recently. Hengtong Optic Electric Co Ltd displays its “smart town” tourism app which has various functions including dining, accommodation, shopping, remote medical care,...

The Qian Xiaoping Silk Art and Culture Gallery opened recently at Suzhou Silk Museum commemorates her outstanding achievements in protecting silk culture. Qian, the only national inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage-awarded Song Brocade Tradition, has spent over 60 years on research and its...

The 2017 Suzhou Shihu Water Sports Games is set to open in the Shihu Scenic Area in Jiangsu province on Aug 5, the Suzhou Sports Bureau announced on July 20.With this year's theme of celebrating the National Fitness Day, the water sports games will launch 13 performance projects including motorb...

Residents can now enjoy the shortest commuting time ever to travel between Kunshan and Shanghai thanks to the opening of Shanghai Metro Line 11.Each day, Kunshan resident Wang Xiaoyou now takes only one-and-a-half hours to get to his office in Pudong New Area. Shanghai Metro Line 11 traverses 82.4 k...

Construction of the Yanjiang high-speed railway connecting Nanjing and Shanghai will start this year. It will provide smoother transport links for port city residents in the core area of the Yangtze River Delta region.The Yanjiang project will provide the second intercity railway link between Shangh...

Last December, Suzhou Metro Line 2 was opened to the public. The construction of Line 2 started in 2009 from the north to the south of Suzhou City, forming a cross with its intersecting stop at Guangji Nanlu Station. And it’s the first metro line that stops at Suzhou Railway Station and SND Northern...

SHANGHAI will build an extension of the Shanghai-Nantong Railway to connect the city’s Jiading, and the Pudong New Area and Fengxian districts with neighboring Jiangsu Province.The extension, or the second phase of the Hutong Railway, will shorten travel time and become a key link between Shanghai a...

SU CUISINE, also know as Jiangsu Cuisine, is one of the subordinate of China's "Four Main Cuisines" as well as one of the eight culinary traditions of Chinese cuisine. It is derived from the native cooking styles of Jiangsu Province. Su Cuisine is famous for being sweet, soft and tasteful, as we...

A Chinese proverb says: "Paradise in heaven, Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth." As one half of this famed pair of cities, Suzhou is renowned for its long history, cultural artifacts and beautiful gardens. The numerous narrow waterways criss-crossing the city led to it being called "Venice of the Orient....

SUZHOU aristocrats were so enamored of embroidery that it's said they changed robes three times a day, each garment with a subtle variation in the same pattern. Yao Minji spins the yarn.As the needle flies in and out of the red fabric, yellow threads are stitched along the already embroidered wh...

Suzhou Maple Bridge (Chinese: Maple Bridge)ONE night around 1,200 years ago, Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) poet Zhang Ji found himself stranded in a small temple in Suzhou. He was escaping the An Shi Disturbance (AD 755-763), a rebellion against the Tang instigated by general An Lushan. As Zhang was als...

Taichi (Chinese:??)Learning Taichi, as one of prevailing sports now, is a profound part of Chinese culture, being the exercise favoured by both domestic and people abroad.Rui Xing Club in Suzhou, is the first official club to teach Taichi, and Mr. Liu Yuanyi, the teacher there, is very professional ...