Guanqian Commercial Area

Pingjiang District, following Suzhou 's old name of Pingjiang Prefecture in Song Dynasty, is situated in the northeast part of the city. It covers an area of 25.2 km 2 with a population of 268,000. Its jurisdiction includes 6 communities and 39 neighborhood committees.

Pingjiang District's GDP in 2003 reached 2.6 billion yuan with the local budget revenue registered 320 million yuan. The year of 2003 witnessed the registration of 1,234 new enterprises in various industries with an increased registered capital of 1.5 billion yuan. 109 private enterprises and 812 individual businesses were increased. The procedure of its urbanization was accelerated. A new zone of 10 km 2 is to be constructed into a modern sub center with multiple functions of transportation, business and residence. Pingjiang District is

Historical Pingjiang Blocks

going to speed up the procedure of preserving the ancient city. It will go all out to push forward the landscape preservation and environmental treatment projects of Pingjiang Road . It will further its step in consolidating Guanqian Commercial Area's status as Suzhou 's commercial, tourist and cultural center. The development of spiritual civilization was in harmony with the economic growth. The charity supermarket “Pingjiang Family”was listed as one of the ten best examples in the provincial socialistic spiritual civilization development. The civil cultural activities such as “Golden Neighborhood”was active and popular more than ever.