At the two sessions that ended on 20 19, Li Yaping, deputy to the National People's Congress and mayor of Suzhou, proposed: "Please support the planning and construction of Suzhou Airport and incorporate it into the relevant national planning as soon as possible."

The background of this appeal is that Suzhou is the only city without an airport among the top 20 cities with a population of over 10 million. In Jiangsu province, Wuxi, Yangzhou and other cities that are adjacent to Jiangsu province but have less population and economic conditions than Suzhou have airports. At least 40 NPC delegates jointly suggested speeding up the planning and construction of Suzhou Airport.

Of course, from another angle, it can't be said that Suzhou has no airport. 20 18 Hongqiao airport, which ranks eighth in domestic passenger throughput, is close at hand for Suzhou. It takes only 1 hour to get from Suzhou Municipal People's Government in the center of Suzhou to Hongqiao T2 Pier 90 kilometers away. Sunan Shuofang Airport, about 35 kilometers (by car) from Suzhou Station, is another choice for Suzhou people to travel.

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At the beginning of 20021March, the traffic leaders of Jiangsu Province publicly supported the construction of Suzhou Airport on national occasions. Suzhou Airport officially won the full support of the province. In late March, China Daily, the official Shanghai media, also reported that Suzhou Airport would be built in Changshu and Kunshan. It seems that the possibility of Suzhou airport is increasing.

On March 6th, Xinhua Daily, the official media of Jiangsu Province, began to support the construction of Suzhou Airport. Xinhua Daily reported that transportation leaders in Jiangsu Province publicly supported the Suzhou airport construction plan on important national occasions. This is the first time that the person in charge of transportation in Jiangsu Province has publicly supported the construction of Suzhou Airport, and the appeal on behalf of Suzhou Airport has risen from Suzhou level to Jiangsu level.

Xinhua Daily also represents the voice of Jiangsu province. Suzhou airport is not only related to the people of Suzhou, but also to the development of Jiangsu as a whole. The better Suzhou develops, the stronger Jiangsu will be.

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