Suzhou: False information circulating online about the merger of Suzhou Industrial Park into Gusu District
Recently, there has been false information circulating online about the merger of Suzhou Industrial Park into Gusu District. According to the Suzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, in February 1994, the State Council issued a reply on the development and construction of Suzhou Industrial Park. After research by the Jiangsu Provincial Government, it was decided to reorganize Loufeng Township in the suburbs and the four towns of Kuantang, Xietang, Weiting, and Shengpu in Wu County under the direct jurisdiction of the Suzhou Municipal People's Government. It was also agreed that the Suzhou Industrial Park Management Committee, an agency dispatched by the Suzhou Municipal Government, would exercise administrative management functions in the five townships mentioned above. In October 2021, according to the approval of the Municipal Government on changing the administrative divisions of Loufeng, Xietang, Weiting, and Shengpu streets, the administrative regions of Loufeng, Xietang, Weiting, and Shengpu streets were adjusted, and Jinjihu street was added. At present, the Suzhou Industrial Park Management Committee manages two streets, Loufeng and Xietang, in Huqiu District and three streets, Weiting, Shengpu, and Jinjihu, in Wuzhong District. Since November 2021, our city's administrative divisions have not been adjusted.
According to the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics, the National Bureau of Statistics has recently updated the national urban-rural classification code. The statistical scope of Suzhou urban area includes Suzhou Industrial Park, and the urban-rural code of its subordinate communities has been changed from the town center area to the main urban area. The urban and rural classification codes of various communities under the jurisdiction of Loufeng Street, Shengpu Street, Weiting Street, Xietang Street, and Jinjihu Street have been changed to 111. This adjustment is not a zoning adjustment, it is only an adjustment of statistical caliber.
According to the statistical caliber of this adjustment, based on the permanent population data released by the 7th National Population Census in 2020, the permanent population of Suzhou urban area is 5.1251 million.