本文以《苏州商会档案丛编》为资料基础,以1912—1919年为时间轴线,以募捐赈灾和商业教育为核心内容,论述苏州商会作为地方商人组织,在苏州本地乃至全国性的社会公共事业中所做的努力。虽然由于其自身组织结构、运行模式和民间组织的地位,加之时代的局限,其影响力有限,但是苏州商会在社会公共事业方面所做的努力,在一定程度上保证了普通民众的生存权和生活权,有积极意义。 Based on the data of “Suzhou Chamber of Commerce Archives Series”, taking 1912-1919 as the timeline, focusing on fundraising relief and commercial education, this paper discusses that Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, as a local merchant organization, local and even national public utilities in Suzhou In the efforts made. Although its influence is limited due to its own organizational structure, operation mode and the status of non-governmental organizations, combined with the limitations of the times, the efforts made by the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce in social public affairs have, to a certain extent, guaranteed the ordinary people’s right to life and The right to life has a positive meaning.