Suzhou
Suzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, Eastern China. Suzhou is a major tourist destination and industrial hub of Eastern China, specializing in high-end manufacturing. Renowned as the cradle of Wu culture, Suzhou flourished as a hub of trade, arts, and intellectual life along the Grand Canal, helping shape China's economic and cultural development for centuries. The city is internationally famous for its classical gardens, which harmonize architecture, water, rocks, and plants into poetic expressions of nature. Long admired for its silk production, refined cuisine, and lyrical Kunqu opera, Suzhou has been praised in Chinese poetry, along with Hangzhou, as "paradise on earth," a reputation that endures today as the city blends its timeless canals, whitewashed lanes, and scholarly heritage with modern industries. Suzhou is part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis.
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Elevation
- 7 m
- Population
- 6,715,559
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 31.30, 120.59
How far Suzhou is from other cities in China
- Shanghái83 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 23 min
- Hangzhóu120 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 1 h 60 min
- Nankín191 km✈ 59 min · 🚗 3 h 11 min
- Qingdao530 km✈ 1 h 24 min · 🚗 8 h 50 min
- Wuhan609 km✈ 1 h 30 min · 🚗 10 h 9 min
- Weifang617 km✈ 1 h 30 min · 🚗 10 h 17 min
- Yantai691 km✈ 1 h 36 min · 🚗 11 h 31 min
- Dalian851 km✈ 1 h 47 min · 🚗 14 h 11 min
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