苏州是一座具有2500多年历史的文化名城,有着丰富的历史文化遗产和深厚的文化积淀。跨入新世纪,如何进一步保护、利用和弘扬苏州市的优秀历史文化,并融合到现代化建设中去,促进两个文明建设的健康发展,一直是苏州市政协委员关注的一个热门话题。从4月份开始,苏州市政协组织有关专门委员会和民主党派,就全市优秀历史文化的保护、利用和弘扬问题进行了为期4个月的深入调查研究。委员们既看到苏州历史文化的重要地位和对经济社会发展所起的重要作用,也发现了在保护、利用优秀历史文化方面与经济快速发展不相协调、与历史文化名城不相适应的状况,如古城风貌保护令人担忧、古建筑保护措施没有落实、传统技艺后继乏人、工艺生产困难重重、基础设施陈旧落后、传统文化品牌打得不响等等。在调查研究的过程中,苏州市政协组织委员认真学习江泽民总书记“三个代表”的重要思想,对照“发展 Suzhou is a famous cultural city with more than 2500 years of history, rich in historical and cultural heritage and rich in cultural heritage. In the new century, how to further protect, utilize and promote Suzhou’s outstanding history and culture, integrate it with the modernization drive, and promote the healthy development of the two civilizations has always been a hot topic of concern to CPPCC members in Suzhou City. Starting from April, Suzhou CPPCC organized special committees and democratic parties to conduct a 4-month in-depth investigation and study on the protection, utilization and promotion of the excellent historical and cultural city. Members not only saw the important status of Suzhou’s history and culture and played an important role in economic and social development, but also found that it was incompatible with the rapid economic development in the protection and utilization of outstanding historical and cultural cultures and that it was incompatible with the famous historical and cultural cities Such as the protection of the ancient style of the city is worrying, the ancient building protection measures have not been implemented, the lack of successor of traditional skills, craft production difficulties, obsolete infrastructure, traditional culture brand did not ring and so on. In the process of investigation and study, the members of Suzhou CPPCC conscientiously study General Secretary Jiang Zemin’s important thinking of ”three represents,“ and control the development of ”