20世纪80年代中期,在《中共中央关于教育体制改革的决定》的指引下,苏州的社区教育开始起步。20世纪90年代初,在实施教育现代化工程的进程中,苏州全面推动社区教育。2000年4月,江苏省教育厅批准苏州为终身教育实验区,同年5月苏州市人民政府出台了《苏州市终身教育实验工作方案》。 In the mid-1980s, under the guidance of the “CPC Central Committee’s Decision on Education System Reform,” community education in Suzhou started. In the early 1990s, Suzhou implemented community education in an all-round way in the process of implementing education modernization. In April 2000, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education approved Suzhou as a lifelong education experimental zone. In May of the same year, Suzhou Municipal People’s Government promulgated the Suzhou Lifelong Education Experiment Program.