Suqian City, short for "Su", the ancient name of the lower phase, Suyu, Zhongwu, etc., prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, is located in the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, the northern part of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province, the youngest prefecture-level city, located in the center of Xuzhou City, Lianyungang City, Huai'an City, Xuzhou metropolitan area, the core of the Jianghuai Ecological and Economic Zone city. As of June 2023, Suqian has 2 districts and 3 counties under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 8,555 square kilometers.At the end of 2022, the resident population of Suqian was 4,975,300 people.
Suqian is the hometown of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, with more than 5000 years of civilization and more than 2700 years of city building history, once the capital of Zhongwu State, with a long history and humanities, known as "the pulse of Chinese civilization, the roots of Jiangsu civilization, the soul of Chu and Han culture". Suqian is one of the birthplaces of wine culture, with the title of China's liquor capital, Yanghe, Shuanggou two famous wine produced here. Suqian is surrounded by two freshwater lakes, Luo Ma Lake and Hong Ze Lake, and many rivers, such as the Grand Canal, the Ancient Yellow River and the Huashu New River, pass through the city. Emperor Qianlong visited Suqian five times during his six trips to the south of the Yangtze River and praised Suqian as "the first river and mountain in spring".
Suqian is one of the first 12 model cities for the construction of social credit system, China's excellent tourist city, national garden city, national sanitary city, national civilized city. in October 2020, Suqian was awarded the national model city (county) of double embracing, and in November 2022, Suqian was awarded the title of "China's textile industry base city". In 2023, Suqian realized a GDP of 439.807 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8% over the previous year at constant prices, with a growth rate ranking the 2nd in Jiangsu Province.