Category Archives: Information

Suzhou transportation will be further improved

Suzhou is about to witness a number of changes in its transportation. Let’s have a look! 10 Smart Driving Demonstration Lines C-V2X Pilot Application Practice Event kicked off in Suzhou High-Speed Rail New Town yesterday. Suzhou High-Speed Rail New Town has been granted the city’s first batch of license plates for...

7th September is White Dew, The 15th China solar term of the year

7th September is White Dew (or Bai Lu, 白露), the 15th China solar term of the year and the third in autumn. White Dew indicates the real beginning of cool autumn. Swan gooses, swallows and other migratory birds fly south to escape cold; birds start to store up food for winter; farmers are...

Temperature to rise this week, as Indian Summer nears

The Indian Summer is making its way back to Suzhou. Based on current meteorological data, the city will be dominated subtropical ridge and feel heat wave in the week. The highest temperature of this week is estimated to reach 35℃ and 36℃, which will probably occur on August 29 or 30.   *Indian...

Grey-headed lapwings stop by Suzhou, usher in bird migration

Three ornithologists from Suzhou Society of Forestry observed migrating grey-headed lapwings in Taicang on August 11.  There were 1,910 grey-headed lapwings, 740 cattle egrets, 66 oriental turtle doves as well as one little curlew and two common kestrels, respectively under the country’s level-two and -one protection, according to the statistics from the bird-watchers.  Why are the grey-headed...

23th Aug is End of Heat, 14th China solar term of the year

23th Aug is End of Heat, the 14th China solar term of the year, and the second in autumn. End of Heat, or Chu Shu (处暑), begins on Aug 23 and ends on Sep 6 this year. End of Heat implies that most parts of China are getting rid of the hot summer and entering autumn. But in some...

Heavy rains and strong winds batter Suzhou

Jiangsu Provincial Meteorological Bureau issued a yellow alert for rainstorms this afternoon. Areas south of Huaihe River are to face a series of rainy days starting today, with heavy and torrential rain battering areas along the Yangtze River and southern Jiangsu. The other areas across the province will be cloudy and overcast with scattered showers...

Suzhou enters dog days of summer after humid weather ends

Suzhou just entered summer dog days, or *sanfu days, the hottest days of the year, after the sultry plum rain season (梅雨) ended last Sunday. This year’s plum rain season started on June 10 and lasted 31 days which is seven days longer than previous ones. *Sanfu (三伏天), also called China’s “dog...

Suzhou: The Seventh Among The Top 100 cities And The New First-Tier City

Suzhou ranked seventh in the list of China’s top 100 cities in 2021 released recently. Since 2015, Wharton Institute of economics has organized the compilation of the annual “Top 100 cities in China” list for seven consecutive years. The list takes the top 110 cities at prefecture level and above...

Pedestrian bridge links Suzhou with Shanghai

Yuandang Pedestrian Bridge, a 585.7-meter-long footbridge that links Qingpu District, Shanghai and Wujiang District, Suzhou, is at its most beautiful now. Apart from connecting together the wetland landscapes and round-the-lake green belts, the bridge also vitalizes the eco-tourism resources on both banks and people-to-people exchanges and has actually become the...

Suzhou public transportation Updates

High-speed Trains The Q3 train operation diagram will be put into use starting 12am, June 25. After that, there will be high-speed trains (G4) departing from Suzhou North Railway Station and running to Beijing South Railway Station. Tickets for the train are already available on 12306, China’s official railway ticket-booking platform. The first...