苏州 

　　苏州位于江苏省南部，既是一座历史文化名城，又是一座经济发达的现代化都市，有着良好的投资环境，对外开放程度较高。苏州工业园区和苏州新区吸引了大量的外商投资，其高新技术产业发展迅速。

　　苏州市内园林特别多，是著名的“园林之城”，有“江南园林甲天下，苏州园林甲江南”之说。城内小河纵横，小桥达380多座，有“东方威尼斯”之称。

　　1997年12月，苏州古典园林被联合国列入世界文化遗产名录。

　　苏州有四大名园：沧浪亭、狮子林、拙政园、留园。它们分别代表宋、元、明、清四个朝代园林建筑的艺术风格。

　　沧浪亭 

　　沧浪亭是苏州最古老的一所名园，为宋代诗人苏子美所筑。园内以假山为主，山上古木参天，著名的沧浪亭就隐蔽其中。  

　　狮子林 

　　狮子林是元代园林的代表。它以太湖石堆砌的假山精巧而著称，很多石峰形状像狮子，千姿百态，栩栩如生，因而得名。 

　　拙政园 

　　拙政园建于明朝，全园分为东园、中园、西园三部分。 中园是拙政园的精华部分，其总体布局以水池为中心，亭台楼榭临水而建，有的亭榭则直接从水中冒出来，具有江南水乡的特色。 

　　留园 

　　留园具有清代园林的风格。它以水池为中心：池南的涵碧山房与明瑟楼是其主体建筑；池北多为假山小亭，林木交映；池西假山上的闻木樨香轩，是俯视全园景色最佳处，并有长廊与各处相通；池东以曲院回廊见胜，有三座石峰，中间为冠云峰，高9米，是江南最大的太湖石。 

　　Suzhou, located in south of Jiangsu Province, is not only a famous historical and cultural city but also a modern city with a developed economy, excellent investment environment and high degree of opening up to the outside world. The industrialized area and the new area of Suzhou have attracted many foreign businessmen to invest. Its new and high-tech products develop very fast. 

　　There are many gardens in Suzhou, which is reputed to be "a city of gardens".There is a saying about it that goes "ardens in area south of the Yangtze River are the best in the world, while gardens in Suzhou are the best in the area south of the Yangtze River". The city is crisscrossed with streams and more than 380 bridges, creating a "Venice of the East".

　　In December 1997, UNESCO listed the classical gardens of Suzhou as a world cultural heritage site. 

　　There are four famous gardens in Suzhou: the Canglang Garden, Lion Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden and the Liu Garden. They represent the architectural styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties respectively. 

　　Canglang Garden 

　　The Canglang Garden is the oldest famous garden in Suzhou. Built by Su Zimei, a poet in the Song Dynasty, the garden is centered on man-made hills on which there are ancient trees. The famous Canglang Pavilion is hidden among the trees.  

　　The Lion Garden 

　　The Lion Garden is the representative of the gardens of the Yuan Dynasty (1206 -1368 AD). It is famous for artificial hills piled by rocks from the Taihu Lake. Many of the rocks look like lions in various gestures, hence its name. 

　　The Humble Administrator's Garden 

　　The Humble Administrator's Garden, built in the Ming Dynasty, is divided into three parts: the eastern, middle and western gardens. 

　　The Middle Garden is the essential part. With the pool in the center, the architect designed pavilions, terraces and buildings near the water, and some of them are in the water, with characteristic of areas south of the Yangtze River. 

　　The Liu Garden

　　The Liu Garden has the style of the gardens of the Qing Dynasty. It takes the pool as the center, while the Hill House of Containing Green and the Building of Bright Zither to the south of the pool are the main buildings; to the north of the pool are artificial hills and pavilions amid trees; to the west, the Veranda of Smelling Sweet-scented Osmanthus on a man-made hill is the best spot to overlook the whole garden and is connected with other places by promenades; the eastern side of the pool is characterized by winding courtyards and corridors. There are three rocky hills. The one in the middle is called Cloud-Capped Hill. It is about nine meters long and is the biggest rock from the Taihu Lake.