Suzhou has a history of more than 4000 years since it has written records. In the 11th century BC, Taibo and Zhongyong of the Western Zhou Dynasty came from the south and called Gouwu. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Shoumeng of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty became king in 585 BC and founded the State of Wu. King Helu of Wu built Suzhou City in 514 BC and became the capital of the State of Wu. During the Warring States Period, it belonged to Yue and Chu successively. In the Qin Dynasty, Wu County was established as the prefecture of Kuaiji. In the Han Dynasty, Wujun was established. The Three Kingdoms belonged to Sun Quan, the State of Wu. In the Southern Dynasty, it belonged to the Liang Dynasty and was set up as Wu County. It was first called Suzhou in 589, the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty. Song Dynasty is Pingjiang Mansion. In the Yuan Dynasty, Pingjiang Road was changed into a government office. In 1356, Zhang Shicheng was renamed Longping Mansion. It was called Suzhou Mansion in the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369). In the Qing Dynasty, it continued to be Suzhou Mansion. In the first year of the Republic of China, it was removed from Suzhou Prefecture and set up Wuxian County. Suzhou was founded in 1928 and cancelled in 1930. It was renamed Wuxian County. After the founding of New China, Suzhou was divided into two administrative regions: Suzhou City and Suzhou Special District. Before January 1953 and from July 1958 to June 1962, Suzhou City was divided into Suzhou Special District twice. From 1953 to 1957, Wuxi, Jiangyin, Yixing and Wujin counties were successively included in Suzhou. At the beginning of 1956, Yixing was included in Zhenjiang District. At the beginning of 1958, Suzhou and Songjiang were merged. In July of that year, Wujin County was under the jurisdiction of Zhenjiang District, and in November, the counties under the former Songjiang District were under the jurisdiction of Shanghai City. In 1961, some communes were set up from Changshu and Jiangyin to establish Shazhou County. At the beginning of 1983, Jiangyin County and Wuxi County were under the jurisdiction of Wuxi City. Suzhou implements the system of city governing county. It has jurisdiction over one city (Changshu), five counties (Shazhou, Taicang, Kunshan, Wuxian, Wujiang) and four districts, namely Pingjiang, Canglang, Jinchang, and the suburbs. Later, five counties were successively removed from the county to build a city, of which Shazhou County was renamed Zhangjiagang City. In 1992 and 1994, some towns and villages were divided from Wuxian County and its suburbs, and Suzhou High tech Zone and Suzhou Industrial Park were established respectively. In 1993, it was approved as a "larger city" by the State Council. In September 2000, the suburb was renamed Huqiu District. At the beginning of 2001, Wuxian City was revoked and merged into Suzhou City, establishing Wuzhong District and Xiangcheng District. In 2002, Suzhou High tech Zone was merged with Huqiu District. In September 2012, Canglang District, Pingjiang District and Jinchang District were abolished, and the former administrative regions of Canglang District, Pingjiang District and Jinchang District were set up as Gusu District. County level Wujiang City was abolished and Wujiang District of Suzhou was established. By the end of 2023, there will be 51 towns, 46 streets, 1328 neighborhood committees and 938 village committees in the city.