Suzhou Tourism Strategy

Suzhou, the northern gate of Anhui, is located at the southern end of the Huang Huai Plain, bordering 11 counties in Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan provinces, Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province and Heze City in Shandong Province to the north, Shangqiu City in Henan Province to the west, and Huaiyin City in Jiangsu Province to the east. Suzhou has a long history and a rich cultural landscape. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it had become a "place where boats and cars meet and Jiuzhou passes through", and the opening of the "Tongji Canal" in the Sui Dynasty had become an important military town that "controlled the Bian River and the Huai River, and was the focus of the north and the south". Suzhou is the "City of Chinese Ornamental Stones", "City of Chinese Crisp Pears", "City of Chinese Calligraphy", "Town of Chinese Painting", "Town of Chinese Calligraphy", "Town of Chinese Circus", "Town of Chinese Martial Arts", and "Town of Chinese Rare Stones". Lingbi Stone ranks first among the four Chinese rare stones, and has become the city card of Suzhou, known as the first state in Jiangnan and "Longyan" in Huaihai; An important transportation hub city in China.