Suzhou (Jiangsu)

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chinese   苏州 市
Suzhou
Suzhou (China)
Suzhou
Suzhou
Coordinates 31 ° 19 ′  N , 120 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 19 ′  N , 120 ° 36 ′  E
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Basic data
Country People's Republic of China

province

Jiangsu
ISO 3166-2 CN-JS
surface 8488 km²
Residents 10,465,994 (2010)
density 1233  Ew. / km²
Post Code 215000
Website www.suzhou.gov.cn (Chinese)
politics
mayor Zhou Naixiang (周乃翔)
Culture
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economy
GDP US $ 210,200  million US $
19,893 per capita
(2013)
GDP growth 9.8%

Suzhou ( Chinese  蘇州 市  /  苏州 市 , Pinyin Sūzhōu Shì , W.-G. Su-chou , obsolete after Post : Soochow, short: 蘇  /  苏 ) is a district-free city in the east of the People's Republic of China near Shanghai . Because the city is criss-crossed by canals, it is also called the Venice of the East . Due to the good transport connections, it is one of the boom cities in modern China.

Administrative structure

Canal in Suzhou, the so-called Venice of the East

At the county level, Suzhou consists of five urban districts and four independent cities. These are:

  • Gusu District (姑苏 区), 84 km², 780,000 inhabitants;
  • Huqiu District (虎丘 区), 258 km², 550,000 inhabitants;
  • Wuzhong District (吴中 区), 672 km², 540,000 inhabitants;
  • District Xiangcheng (相城区), 416 square kilometers, 340,000 inhabitants;
  • District Wujiang (吴江区), 1,192 km², 780,000 inhabitants;
  • Kunshan City (昆山 市), 927 km², 1.3 million inhabitants (January 2006);
  • City of Taicang (太仓 市), 642 km², 450,000 inhabitants;
  • Changshu City (常熟 市), 1,263 km², 1.04 million inhabitants;
  • City of Zhangjiagang (张家港 市), 813 km², 870,000 inhabitants.

geography

Suzhou satellite image

Geographical location

It is located in the Jiangsu Province on the Imperial Canal and is the metropolis of the Suzhou district. Southwest of the city is the Tai Hu (太湖, "Tai Lake"), the third largest inland lake in the People's Republic, and the province of Zhejiang .

history

Silk production in Suzhou

With over 2500 years of history, Suzhou is one of the oldest cities in the Yangtze River Basin. The area is the cradle of Wu culture ; the tribes that lived here during the Shang Dynasty called themselves "Guo Wu".

In 514 BC Chr. , During the "Spring and Autumn Period", Suzhou has been called "Great City of Helu" by the legendary King Helu of Wu established.

The name of the city dates back to 589 during the Sui Dynasty . Suzhou has always been a center of handicrafts and trade throughout the history of China . With the completion of the Imperial Canal as a trade route to the north, Suzhou experienced a particular boom.

Marco Polo said he visited the city in 1276 and found it great. Also known as the "silk capital" of the then Chinese Empire , Suzhou has been a leader in silk production since the 14th century .

Apart from brief periods of occupation by the Japanese during World War II and by the army of the Taiping Empire in the 19th century, Suzhou was not affected by the turmoil of the 19th and 20th centuries . Many historical systems have therefore been preserved in their original form. Since 1981 , Suzhou (along with Beijing , Hangzhou and Guilin ) has been included in the list of cities whose historical and cultural heritage should be given special protection.

Apart from silk , Suzhou is now a center of high-tech industry. Suzhou has been one of the Special Economic Zones since 1985 .

Since 1997, some of the parks have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List . In the approximately 14 square kilometer old town, buildings may not exceed a height of 24 meters. Skyscrapers and most of the apartment blocks are therefore located in newer districts such as the Suzhou New District or the Suzhou Industrial Park .

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Flourishing Suzhou by Xu Yang (Qing Dynasty)

Culture and sights

Bonsai garden in Gusu
The Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhuozheng Yuan )
网 师 园 - Wangshi Yuan - The Garden of the Master of the Nets
Garden of lingering

Universities

There are several universities in Suzhou, such as Soochow University, founded in 1900, or Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, founded in 2006 .

Museums

Gardens and temples

The Suzhou Classical Gardens UNESCO World Heritage Site includes nine of the city's most important gardens.

skyscraper

The Suzhou Supertower , which is being built on the eastern bank of Lake Jinji , has reached its full height of 450 meters, making it the tallest building in Suzhou and Jiangsu. The 302 meter high Gate of the Orient on the western shore of Lake Jinji is the second tallest building in Suzhou. In addition, the construction of the Suzhou Zhongnan Center began in 2014 , although construction is currently (February 2018) not being pursued any further. After its completion, it should have a height of 729 meters.

Sports

In 2005 the world championships in speed skating took place in Suzhou , in 2008 the world championships in the RoboCup and in 2015 the table tennis world championships .

In the city is the Suzhou Sports Center Gym , which can hold 6000 spectators .

Economy and Infrastructure

CRH in Suzhou Central Railway Station
The Suzhou Supertower (450 m), completed in 2019, is currently the tallest building in the city

According to a study from 2014, Suzhou has a gross domestic product of 339.0 billion US dollars (KKB). In the ranking of the economically strongest metropolitan regions worldwide, it took 27th place. The GDP per capita was $ 52,020. Of all the cities in China studied, Suzhou had the highest GDP per capita.

traffic

Suzhou North Station is on the busy high-speed Beijing – Shanghai line of the CRH high-speed train . The main train station and the Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New District stations are stops for the high-speed train on the Shanghai- Nanjing route . There are numerous connections to other cities from several bus stations. There is a shuttle bus to Pudong and Hongqiao Airports in Shanghai (approximately 2.5 and 1.5 hours, respectively).

The public transport is carried out mainly by buses. The Suzhou subway was opened in 2012 with a first line running in an east-west direction, and since 2013 there has been a second line in a north-south direction. A third line went into operation in 2017. Five more lines are currently being set up and will be operational by 2020.

A second tram line was opened in 2018, after the first line went into operation in 2014.

There are numerous free public bike rental stations in the city (especially in the Suzhou Industrial Park) .

Companies

Hardware and computer mouse manufacturer Logitech has a factory in Suzhou . Also for Apple Inc. a. Produces notebooks, Apple watches and iPods. The world's largest automotive supplier, Robert Bosch GmbH , also produces brake systems, (engine) control units and audio / navigation systems in Suzhou. MTU Friedrichshafen produces Series 2000 diesel engines in Suzhou. Schott AG has been producing ceramic hobs in Suzhou since 2002, the Customer Technical Service Center has been located there since 2007 and pharmaceutical packaging has also been produced there since 2008. Since 2006 the Upper Austrian Miba AG with the slide bearing and sinter production is located in the industrial park, the Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH and the Japanese camera manufacturer Canon operate production facilities in Suzhou.

GlaxoSmithKline has a production facility for drugs for the Chinese market in Suzhou. The geared motor manufacturer Getriebebau Nord maintains its production center for Asia in Suzhou. One of the world's largest optics manufacturers, Synta Optics , has had its headquarters in Suzhou since 1992 . Philips Healthcare is currently building a new center for the Asian market in Suzhou. The German company WIKA has pressure and temperature measurement technology produced in Suzhou. The valve specialist Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is also represented in Suzhou.

Samsung is the largest Suzhou-based employer.

Suzhou Industrial Park

The Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) in the east of Suzhou was founded in 1994 in cooperation with Singapore . On its 288 km² there is an educational area on which, among other things, the science campus of the Soochow University is located, a living area and a factory area.

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

Suzhou maintains a city connection with Constance and other city partnerships with Riesa , Riga , Victoria (British Columbia) , San Antonio and Venice .

Web links

Commons : 苏州  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 走进 江苏 行政 区划.江苏 省政府 门户 网站, May 18, 2018, accessed August 24, 2018 (Chinese).
  2. ↑ Suzhou Strives to Protect Ancient City. April 17, 2004. In: Culture. From China.org.cn, accessed February 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Suzhou Zhongnan Center. In: The Skyscraper Center - Buildings. From Skyscrapercenter.com, accessed February 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Dieter Laibach: World Cup 2015 in Suzhou. At Tischtennis-Infos.de, accessed on February 5, 2019.
  5. ^ Alan Berube, Jesus Leal Trujillo, Tao Ran, and Joseph Parilla: Global Metro Monitor . In: Brookings . January 22, 2015 ( brookings.edu [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Second tram line opens in Suzhou on September 4, 2018 (English), accessed on September 5, 2018
  7. ^ Suzhou Industrial Park: 10 things to know about the China-Singapore project. The Straits Times , October 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ www.konstanz.de: City partnerships ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 1, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.konstanz.de
  9. ↑ riesa.de: twin cities . Retrieved May 1, 2017
  10. ^ Suzhou, China . Retrieved May 1, 2017