System.String vs string in c#

In C#, the string keyword is an alias for String. Therefore, String and string are equivalent, and you can use whichever naming convention you prefer. The String class provides many methods for safely creating, manipulating and comparing strings.

Declaring and Initializing Strings
// Declare without initializing.
string message1;
// Initialize to null.
string message2 = null;
// Initialize as an empty string.
// Use the Empty constant instead of the literal "".
string message3 = System.String.Empty;
// Initialize with a regular string literal.
string oldPath = "c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8.0";
// Initialize with a verbatim string literal.
string newPath = @"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0";
// Use System.String if you prefer.
System.String greeting = "Hello World!";
// In local variables (i.e. within a method body)
// you can use implicit typing.
var temp = "I'm still a strongly-typed System.String!";
// Use a const string to prevent 'message4' from
// being used to store another string value.
const string message4 = "You can't get rid of me!";
// Use the String constructor only when creating
// a string from a char*, char[], or sbyte*. See
// System.String documentation for details.
char[] letters = { 'A', 'B', 'C' };
string alphabet = new string(letters);