Suzhou Historical Gardens and City′s Sustainable Development

Suzhou historic gardens include classical gardens, places of interest and palaces built by hills and waters. They are geographically distributed in the ancient city and the suburbs. Considered as both chinese and world class historic cultural heritage, these precious tourist resources have been included in the systematic urban planning of Suzhou and they are an integral part of the urban green plan and symbol and characteristic of the urban view. These gardens are also important for tourist industry-one of the pillar industries Suzhou. Therefore, historic gardens play an especially important role in the city's continuous development and it becomes an important task to make good protection, planning, construction and management of these historic gardens.