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Suzhou is a well-known water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers, lakes and tidal flats taking up 34.6% of its total area. Suzhou is nestled in a subtropical monsoon marine climate zone, mild and moist, with distinctive four seasons and abundant rainfall. Known as a land of fish and rice, famous for its silk for long, the city has earned the fame of "the paradise on earth", due to all these attributes. Suzhou has been farming rice, wheat, rapeseeds, and fruits and producing water crops including lotus root, Gorgon fruit and wild rice stem; the special local produces contain duck blood-black glutinous rice, white garlic, citrus, loquat, Chinese chestnut, plum, osmanthus flowers, Biluochun tea, etc. Dao fish from the Yangtze River, hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake, silver fish, white fish, white shrimps from Taihu Lake are well-known aquatic products.
Location
A Diagram of the Geographical Location of Suzhou
Situated in the center of the Yangtze River Delta and the southeast of Jiangsu Province, Suzhou is bordering Shanghai to the east, Zhejiang to the south, embracing Taihu Lake towards its west and nestled by the Yangtze River to the north. It has a riverbank stretching 157.96 kilometers along the Yangtze River. The Grand Canal passes through the city from the north to the south, while the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity railway, the Beijing-Shanghai Express railway, and the ShanghaiNanjing Expressway traverse from the east to the west.
Administrative Division
A Diagram of the Administrative Division of Suzhou
There are four county-level cities that constitute the grand city of Suzhou, including Zhangjiagang, Changshu, Taicang and Kunshan, and six districts, including Wujiang, Wuzhong, Xiangcheng, Gusu, Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New District(Huqiu District).
Urban Development & Public Sector 88.88 billion yuan was spent on infrastructure in 2023. 192 urban renewal projects were implemented.
Suzhou completed the sponge city covering an area of 60.2 square kilometers. The city won the national gold award for urban information model platform. At the end of 2023, the MAN exit bandwidth was 24.2 TB/s. A total of 45,834 5G base stations had been built in an accumulative manner.
By the end of 2023, the total mileage of road reached 11322.2 kilometers. The total operation line of urban rail transit (trams included) amounted to 295.4 kilometers and the operation mileage totaled 34,358,000 train kilometers. The total line and network passenger flow reached 538.799 million. 150 bus routes have been newly opened, optimized and adjusted. The number of motor vehicles in the city reached 5.372 million.
The Shanghai-Nanjing High-speed Railway along the Yangtze River is open to traffic. Rail Transit Line 11 of Suzhou and Shanghai Rail Transit have achieved "seamless transfer". The Xiangcheng section of the Suzhou-Taizhou Expressway has been built as the country's first holographic sensing smart expressway.
The total electricity consumption amounted to 171.93 billion kilowatt-hours in 2023. The total water supply capacity of Suzhou reached 7.525 million ton per day. A total of 4.299 billion cubic meters of pipelined natural gas was supplied in the city. The city's domestic sewage treatment capacity reached 4.7405 million ton per day.
Environment Protection
The average PM2.5 concentration in Suzhou was 30 micrograms/cubic meter in urban areas; the proportion of days with good air quality in the urban area was 80.8%. 95% of the water qualification met the standard of Excellent III in the evaluation at national and provincial level. For the first time, the water quality of the heart of Yangcheng Lake reached Class III. Qiputang River in Suzhou was awarded as China's "Most Beautiful Lake in Hometown". Taihu Lake has achieved a safe summer for 16 consecutive years. With its water quality at the best level in a decade, Taihu Lake was rated as an Excellent Lake by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment for the first time. The ring road around the Taihu Lake was selected as one of the "Ten Most Beautiful Rural Roads" in China.
The newly added and renovated green spaces in urban area of Suzhou covers 2.642 million square meters. 252 pocket parks and small urban green spaces were built in the city. It also witnessed the addition of 12 "near-zero carbon" factories, 2 national green industrial parks, and 18 green factories. In the entire year of 2023, 1,835 VOCs treatment projects were scheduled. The city has achieved a full coverage for the "three fixed items and one superintendent" community in terms of domestic waste classification. And the harmless treatment rate of domestic waste has reached 100% in both urban and rural areas.
Wuzhong District was awarded the National "Two Mountains" Practice Innovation Base and ranked first in terms of GEP among all national municipal districts. Zhangjiagang was selected as the first batch of national demonstration counties (cities) for intensive natural resource conservation.
Three Great Magic Formulas of Suzhou Zhangjiagang Spirit Unite and work hard Acwance with a heavy burden Impose stress on oneself Dare to be the first
Kunshan Road Dare to explore Be practical and pragmatic Strive forward Innovale and excel
SlP Experience Leaming experience, innovation Harmony and win-win results Source: Suzhou Municipal People's Government
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(Suzhou)Soochow University : A place where dreams start
Soochow University was founded in 1900. It is one of the oldest modern institutions of high learning in China. Through the persistent endeavor and exploration of several generations during the past century, Soochow University has now grown into a high level university in China with complete coverage of disciplines, remarkably large enrollment, solid foundation, outstanding educational achievements and fairly high reputation both at home and abroad. It is now a top comprehensive university of Jiangsu Province as well as a member university of the national “211 Project” and “2011 Plan” in China. Soochow University has always been concentrating on providing high quality education. We devote every effort to help our students enrich their knowledge, train their professional skill, maximize their talents and realize their ideals and dreams. At the same time, Soochow University is also deeply committed to academic and scientific research. Our creative, interdisciplinary and international approach to research has led to many fundamental discoveries and technological breakthroughs. Located in the historical and cultural city of Suzhou and close to the metropolitan city of Shanghai, Soochow University is also known for its vigorous international collaboration and exchanges. With academic links and cooperation with more than 200 universities around the world, the university is dedicated to attract the best-and the brightest, nurturing them to become a full grown man. Welcome to Soochow University, a place where dreams start. For more information about the university, please visit: http://eng.suda.edu.cn. Soochow University at a Glance ● Founded in the year of 1900 The first university in China that established Law School The first university in China that published university journal The first university in China that provided postgraduate education and offered master degree ● A key comprehensive provincial university in Jiangsu Province One of China’s top 100 universities under the “Project 211” directed by the Ministry of Education One of the first batch of universities of the National “2011 Plan” ● Rankings among Chinese universities in 2021(Times Higher Education):  29 ● Colleges and schools:  30 ● Faculty and Staff: 5254 Full-time professor and associate professor:  3464 ● Students: Undergraduate student:  27824 Postgraduate student:14533 Doctoral student:  4678 International student:  2097 ● University Area: 4 campuses, 755.48 acres Tian Ci Zhuang Campus (Main Campus) Dushu Lake Campus Yangcheng lake Campus Future Campus ● Library collection: over 5 million volumes and Over 82 subscription databases. ● University Motto: “Onto a full grown man” ● University vision: “First-class in China and well known around the world” Source: Suzhou Municipal People's Government
(Suzhou)Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is an international joint venture university founded by Xi'an Jiaotong University in China and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. As an independent Sino-foreign cooperative university, it captures the essence of both prestigious parent universities and is the first and only one of its kind approved by the Ministry of Education in China. The University currently offers approximately 90 degree programmes in the fields of science, engineering, business, finance, architecture, urban planning, language, culture and all are taught in English except for general and basic courses. Undergraduate students earn two degrees: an XJTLU degree from the Chinese Ministry of Education and a globally recognised degree from the University of Liverpool. Postgraduate students receive a University of Liverpool degree that is recognised by the Ministry of Education. All academic departments at XJTLU offer PhD opportunities, which help to fulfill XJTLU's vision of “becoming a research-led international university in China and a Chinese university recognised internationally for its unique features”. Located in Suzhou, a city that has been known in China as ‘paradise on the earth' since ancient times, XJTLU enjoys a beautiful environment where there is a harmonious coexistence between the city's rich cultural traditions and its rapid economic development. Suzhou is one of the most developed cities in China. Suzhou Industrial Park, China's equivalent of Silicon Valley and a hub of global innovation, houses a large cluster of Fortune 500 companies, transnational enterprises and R&D centres, not only providing favourable conditions for XJTLU's ongoing development but also numerous internship and job opportunities for XJTLU students. Add: 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District, Suzhou Industrial Park Telephone :+86 (0)512 8816 1000 Fax : +86 (0)512 8816 1899 Web:https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/ Source:  Suzhou Municipal People's Government