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Where is Suzhou?

"There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". Among them, Su refers to Suzhou.

Do you know the four famous gardens in China? Two of them are in Suzhou.

"On a frosty night, Jiang Feng sleeps with fishing fire, Hanshan Temple outside Gusu, and the midnight bell rings to the passenger ship ..." Have you read this ancient poem?

In 2006, Suzhou's gross domestic product (GDP) was 482.026 billion yuan, ranking fifth in Chinese mainland (after Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen), second in East China (after Shanghai) and first in China. The per capita GDP is 78,236 yuan (over 1 10,000 USD), ranking second in Chinese mainland (after Shenzhen) and first in East China (having surpassed Shanghai). Calculated at comparable prices, it increased by 15.5% over the previous year, of which the added value of the tertiary industry was157.422 billion yuan, and the proportion of the tertiary industry was 1.9:65.4:32.7, which was 1.5 percentage points higher than the previous year. Per capita GDP (calculated by registered population) exceeds $654.38+0 million. The city's local general budget revenue exceeded 40 billion yuan, reaching 40.023 billion yuan, an increase of 26.3% over 2005.

"Why have I never heard of this place?" You read too little.