Taicang is becoming increasingly well known for its rural and urban integration, inclusiveness, incorporation of government and society, strong governance and harmony.

Over the past years, Taicang has paid great attention to comprehensive, systematic and forward-looking social construction. It has endeavored to explore a new model of social construction and management characterized by inclusiveness and harmony with good governance. As a result, Taicang has become a vivid model for social modernization with distinct Taicang characteristics. The model emphasizes co-development of economy and society, marked by happy lives and a stable society.

Taicang’s development is marked by equality, idyllic scenery, harmony and the integration of government and society.

Apart from community share cooperatives, land share cooperatives and farmer specialized cooperatives, Taicang has also made innovations in rural labor cooperation. The abovementioned cooperatives jointly improve rural society. The innovative development model, connecting government and society, was first launched in 2008 in China. It has served as an effective mechanism linking and promoting interaction between administrative management and residents at the community level. It aims to give people more power. Since June 2012, the method has spread throughout Suzhou.

Taicang's innovation in social construction and management may also spread across the entire country. Taicang is the first place in China to introduce a system that guarantee the farmer’s basic living for their land’s has been used for industrial construction . For flexible employees, it was also the first to introduce worker injury insurance. Taicang also took the lead in introducing "second insurance for health care system" to deal with the difficulties that patients encounter in receiving compensation.

Taicang is Asia’s manufacturing demonstration base, a national hygienic city, China's excellent tourist city, a national garden city, a national ecological city and China's happiest city. The high acclaim means that pushing social modernization has become a common goal and effort shared by all Taicang residents.