Suzhou City University, formerly known as Zheng College of Literature of Suzhou University, was founded in 1998. It is the first public private secondary college registered by the Ministry of Education in China, and was approved as an independent college in 2005. From June 5438 to February 2020, the Ministry of Education sent a letter to the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, agreeing that Zheng College of Literature of Suzhou University should be transformed into Suzhou City College.