At the end of 2022, Suzhou boasted 11 public libraries, 45 registered museums，11 cultural centers and 93 cultural stations. The project of exploring the root of regional civilization is conducted and the Municipal Academy of Social Science has been established. The city intensified efforts to build the brand of "Over a hundred museums in the city telling you the story of Suzhou" and to orderly promote the construction of Suzhou Archaeological Museum, Suzhou Taohuawu Woodcut Painting Museum and Suzhou Ancient Book Museum and launch the compilation of Suzhou Encyclopedia. The Biluochun tea production techniques were listed into the Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue by the UN. Yuanhetang ancient kiln site is listed as the provincial "Field Archaeology Demonstration Project".
The second Suzhou China Cultural Industry Summit, the fourth China Suzhou Jiangnan Cultural Festival & International Tourism Festival，the eleventh Suzhou Cultural Expo and the fourth Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Expo were hosted in the city. The CCTV 2022 Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was held successfully in Suzhou.
The drama works Discount won the 19th All-Star Award ,the only award-winning works in Jiangsu Province. The medium-length Tanci opera Red Cradle won the 12th China Opera Peony Awards for Literary.
There are 1286 cultural enterprises above designated size, an increase of 143 over the previous year, with the business revenue of 338 billion yuan, up 3.2% over the previous year.
