Suzhou, abbreviated as "Su", anciently known as Gusu and Pingjiang , is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province , one of the important central cities in China's Yangtze River Delta approved by the State Council , a national high-tech industrial base and a scenic tourist city [1] . As of 2018, the city has 5 districts and 4 county-level cities under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 8,57.32 square kilometers, a permanent population of 10.72117 million, an urban population of 8,153,900, an urbanization rate of 76.05%, and a permanent resident population of 5.38 million people. [2-3]
Suzhou is one of the first national historical and cultural cities with a history of nearly 2500 years. It is an important birthplace of Wu culture and has the reputation of " paradise on earth ". The representative of Chinese private gardens-Suzhou Classical Gardens and the Suzhou Section of the Grand Canal of China are listed as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO . [6-7]
In June 2020, it was selected as one of the first batch of demonstration areas and projects for the construction of a national rule of law government by the Central Committee for the Rule of Law. [8]
