摘要 : Economic globalization and knowledge economy provide new opportunity for development of Suzhou, a histori- cal city which has traditional intimate relationship with Shanghai. This paper aims at exploring the changces, and chal- le... 展开 Economic globalization and knowledge economy provide new opportunity for development of Suzhou, a histori- cal city which has traditional intimate relationship with Shanghai. This paper aims at exploring the changces, and chal- lenges faced by Suzhou at the new century and makes the quantitative analysis of the urban function of the Suzhou Municipali- ty through the studies of the Greater Shanghai Metropolitan Area and the Shanghai-Suzhou relationship. 收起