In February 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the concept of "park city" for the first time during his inspection in Chengdu. In April of the same year, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again stressed that "the expectation of a city is that the whole city will be a big park, and people will walk out like a garden in their own home." Park City "is the theoretical innovation and practical exploration of the transformation of urban development mode and path under Xi Jinping's thinking of ecological civilization, It is a Chinese style modernization in which people and nature coexist harmoniously, and it is also a "Chinese paradigm" for exploring the sustainable development of cities in the new era.
Suzhou, as one of the best urban and rural integrated development areas in China, has a mild climate, developed economy, rivers and lakes, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the classical garden is unique in the world, and the scenery of Jiangnan water town is beautiful, so it has excellent background conditions for building a "park city". When General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Suzhou in July 2023, he said: "It's a blessing to live here. It's antique. There are historic sites, places of interest, and cultures everywhere. The phrase 'There must be grass within a hundred steps' can be used here." Today, Suzhou is trying to create another city card, which is full of parks "Park city", an advanced form of grass ecological pattern, can be seen everywhere.
In 2022, the "14th Five Year Plan" for Suzhou's landscaping and forestry development proposed to speed up the construction of a "park city" for the integrated development of urban and rural greening. In the same year, the Guiding Opinions on the Construction of Suzhou's "Park City" issued by the Suzhou Municipal Government defined the overall goal of building a "park city" with Suzhou characteristics of "everywhere in the park": the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake The green space background of Jiangnan Watertown, bounded by the southern Watertown Wetland Belt, has been completely protected. The urban characteristic spatial pattern of "four corner landscape" has been basically established. The five ecosystems of "natural parks, forest wetlands, urban greening, urban parks, and classical gardens" have been organically linked. The quality of urban and rural ecological environment has been improved as a whole. The "Park City" of "everywhere in the park, the city in the park" The shape is basically formed. In 2023, the Suzhou Municipal Government issued the Implementation Plan for the Construction of Suzhou "Park City" in 2023, proposing to promote the implementation of five major actions of "ecological city building, greenway connecting cities, park integration, enjoying gardens, and Soviet style life". We will work together to create the "Suzhou Mode" of the park city, which is "a paradise on earth in nature, a landscape Suzhou that everyone likes". With the further development of Suzhou's "Park City" construction, a "Park City" full of fragrant grass, orchids, birds and flowers is moving towards everyone and upgrading their happiness.