Suzhou Calligraphers Association, formerly known as Suzhou Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Research Association, was established in September 1980. The first president, Mr. Jiang Yinqiu, had 108 members. 198 1 Suzhou calligraphers association was established in June. Jia Zhu and Fei Xinwo are honorary presidents, and Qian Taichu is the president. In August, 1994 was officially renamed as "Suzhou Calligraphers Association", with Li Dapeng as its chairman. In July 2009, at the sixth Council, Hua Rende was re-elected, and Sha Manweng and Li Dapeng were hired as honorary chairmen; , Lv Jiaheng, Chen, Tan, Zhang, Zhou Xuegeng,,, Gao Weiping, Chen Yi and Li are vice-chairmen; The Secretary-General is Wang Guoan.

At present, the number of members of Suzhou Calligraphy Association is 748, including 467 provincial members and 136 national members. There are 2 national creative training bases, 1 provincial training bases and 7 municipal creative education training bases.

In April 2008, Suzhou was awarded the title of "China Calligraphy City" by China Calligraphers Association.

In the Lanting Award, the highest calligraphy award sponsored by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and China Calligraphers Association, eight calligraphers including Hua Rende and Jin Xuezhi won seven awards and two nomination awards. Since 1986, when the China Calligraphy Association awarded the prize for the first time, Suzhou calligraphers have won more than 80 medals in major national calligraphy exhibitions and academic activities. In 2009, the respected Mr. Shaman Weng was hired as a member of the Art Committee by China Book Association (domestic 10).

Suzhou calligraphy art has a profound historical and humanistic accumulation and a broad mass base. Contemporary Suzhou calligraphy attaches great importance to creating distinctive brands and creating excellence on the basis of inheriting tradition. In recent years, brand activities such as "Famous Calligraphy Invitational Exhibition", International Symposium on Calligraphy History in Ming and Qing Dynasties, China Suzhou Calligraphy History Forum, and Wumen Calligraphy Exhibition, a famous calligraphy city in China, have been widely concerned by the book world, and gradually formed distinctive personalities such as advanced creativity, comprehensive balance and sustainable development. As Mr. Zhao Changqing, Party Secretary, Permanent Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of China Calligraphy Association pointed out: "The birth of the first famous calligraphy city in China in Suzhou is the common expectation and desire of the calligraphy circle, which marks the opening of a new picture in the calligraphy circle in China, and also marks that the calligraphy circles in Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City are at the forefront of the country."