After one-century ups and downs, Guanqian commercial center nowadays has been completely renewed by the lead of CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee and Municipal Government with huge capital. The reconstructed Guanqian Street has been becoming a commercial, cultural, religion and travel center with rich local color, sound traffic network, perfect infrastructure, rational overall commercial arrangement and excellent investment environment.

Shilu Pedestrianized Shopping Street
Shilu Pedestrianized Shopping Street is located in Jinchang District; it is named after “Stone Road” in English as it was paved with stones in late Qing Dynasty. It is said it had already been very prosperous in ancient time. Since late 2003, Suzhou Municipal Government has injected a huge amount of capital to reconstruct the street, aiming to forge it one of the best shopping centers in Jiangsu Province and top-ranking in China by integrating its modern image with ancient culture of Suzhou. The project was completed by the end of 2003 and open to public on New Year's Day of 2004.

The renewed street is sprinkled with large-sized musical fountains, towering trees, beautiful neon lights and clean rivers. The commercial arrangement of Shilu pedestrianized shopping street has anew adjustment as well. Xinfeng Lane is to be restored and become a special street with cafes and pubs. Stores in the street are busy with decoration now. People can enjoy the leisure life there after doing shopping. The formal opening of Shilu pedestrianized shopping street also stimulates consumers' popular enthusiasm on the market at night in the Shilu commercial area. The business time of the stores on Shi Road is prolonged to 10 o'clock pm.

Shiquan Street
Shiquan Street is located in hotel area in ancient downtown of Suzhou, famous Nanlin Restaurant, Suzhou Restaurant ,Nanlin Hotel as well as the classical garden of The Master-of-Nets Garden are on this street. As tourism of Suzhou booming and old streets being reconstructed, the rebuilt Shiquan Street looks brand-new.

There strew many Ming-and-Qing-Dynasty-style architectures including characteristic restaurants and craftwork shops, such as restaurant dealing in fish-head soup, teahouse featured culture and catering of Wu, mountain-city chaffy dish with west China flavor, Japanese Restaurant, Korean Restaurant, Korean barbecue, Guangzhou-style dish, Huaiyang-style dish, etc, which are scramble for by both home and oversea travelers. Also, Shiquan Street is well-known for its craftworks like Suzhou Embroidery, chinaware antique, calligraphy and painting, chinaware, silk, inscriptions, jade, rosewood articles, there are everything that you expect to find.

Suzhou Shiquan Street now has become a far-famed characteristic street for its craftworks and restaurants.