South-gate Commerce Area is located on the northern and southern side of Renmin Bridge which is on the south end of
Suzhou Ancient Town.
It is just here that the passenger-boat dock of the famous "Paradise Water Traveling Line" from Suzhou to
Hangzhou lies. And there are nearly 200 runs of long-distance buses start off from the Southern Long-distance Bus Station every day. There are nearly 15,000 people getting in and out of Suzhou from here every day, and the South-gate area has become the southern gate of Suzhou.
Commerce in South-gate area is very prosperous. There are nearly 10 large-scale shopping centers, such as Taihua Shopping Center, South-gate Commerce Building and Dalefu Super-market, etc., nearly 100 specialized shopping centers and department stores of different kinds. Also, there are fairly large aquatic product markets, vegetable and fruit wholesale markets, tea markets and electronic markets here. In addition, there are nearly 20 culture and entertainment places and special-flavored restaurants of various kinds. It is the busiest downtown in southern Suzhou, with convenient transportation, multitude of shopping centers and prosperity of human atmosphere.
