Guanqianjie Commercial District Being Suzhou’s most thriving business center, the district evolves from the Suzhou China-made Goods Market set up in september, 1933. The most famous restaurants and stores are Songhelou Restaurant, Huangtianyuan Pastry Store, Lugaojian Cooked Meat Store, Caizhizhai Candy Store, Shengchuyang Salted and Cured Meat Store and Qiantuixiang Silk Fabric Store. After the founding of People’s Republic of China in 1949, a batch of large and medium-sized department stores have been set up here, such as Suzhou Number One Department Store, Suzhou Industrial Products Market, Suzhou Food Market, Hualian and Changfa Department Stores.