Prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
About Suqian
Suqian is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu Province, China. It borders Xuzhou to the northwest, Lianyungang to the northeast, Huai'an to the south, and the province of Anhui to the west.
History
Suqian was said to be the site of a military grain store built when the Emperor Yuan of Jin reigned. Thus, the former Xiaxiang county where the store located was renamed Suyu (宿預; means "prepared" or "usually prepared") in 405. Then the county was annexed by Xuzhou and renamed Suqian in 762 because the homophone "yu (豫)" as the given name of the Emperor Daizong of Tang was deemed to be ineffable. The county was put under the jurisdiction of Huaiyang military prefecture during the Song dynasty, then was transferred to Pizhou after Jurchen's Jin took it. The county was administered by Huai'an military prefecture during 1272–75, but restored as a part of Pizhou afterwards. It was annexed by Xuzhou again in 1733. The area was rife with banditry during the early years of the Republic of China. In Autumn 1917, six persons were executed as bandits in Suqian. …
Geography and climate
Suqian possesses the majority of Luoma Lake, which is a major lake in the Huai River basin. The city is also home to the coldest temperature on record for Jiangsu at −23.4 °C (−10.1 °F) on February 5, 1969.
Economy
Local Yanghe along with Maotai and Wuliangye, are the three biggest manufacturers of baijiu. Besides, several domestic companies followed JD.com to site their call centres in Suqian.
Transport
G2513 Huai'an–Xuzhou Expressway Suqian station on the Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway is located in the southern outskirt of Suqian. Another station, Suqian East, is to be built on the Weifang–Suqian high-speed railway, now under construction as part of the second channel of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway.
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