Economy: Suzhou's GDP is definitely higher than Wuxi's! In 2007, Suzhou's gross domestic product (GDP) was 570 billion yuan, and its economic growth rate was 16%. The total volume ranks fifth in Chinese mainland (after Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen).
Scenery: Jiangnan Garden ranks first in the world, and Suzhou Garden ranks first in Jiangnan. Suzhou has the largest number of private gardens in China-Humble Administrator's Garden. There are lion forest, Lingering Garden, Hanshan Temple, the first scene in Wuzhong-Tiger Hill, and so on! The list is endless.
Humanities: There are too many world cultural heritages (four gardens in Suzhou) and so on.
It was once the capital of Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yue State in the Warring States Period, Sun Wu in the Three Kingdoms and Zhang Wu in the late Yuan Dynasty. It is also the oldest city in China, and it was verified as the first ancient city in China by the famous historian Gu Jiegang.
Wu, the ancient capital, has many historical sites about history and Wu Zixu.
Many ancient cultural sites have been discovered: Zhaoling Mountain Site, Shaoqingshan Site, Chuodun Site, Caoxieshan Site, Luodun Site, etc.
Suzhou is the hometown of Kunqu Opera and Su Ju.
Suzhou has Biluochun Tea, one of the top ten famous teas in China.
Suzhou embroidery-the first of the four famous embroideries.