晚清苏州的现代化进程是在两次鸦片战争与太平天国战争的背景下展开的。苏州枪炮局作为最早的机器工业使苏州成为中国现代化的发轫地。苏州开埠后,现代化进程在多方面展开,工商业的发展与城市空间的拓展,勾画了晚清苏州现代演进的图景。 The process of modernization in late Qing dynasty started under the background of the two Opium Wars and the Taiping war. As the earliest machine industry, the Suzhou Gunslinger Bureau made Suzhou a center of China’s modernization. After the port opened in Suzhou, the modernization process started in many aspects. The development of business and industry and the expansion of urban space outlined the picture of the modern evolution of Suzhou in late Qing Dynasty.