Top 100 Chinese Cities Economic List for 1985

According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1985, the city with the largest economic size in China was Shanghai, with a gross domestic product(GDP) of $16.04 billion; the city with the second largest economic size was Beijing, with a GDP of $8.84 billion; the city with the third largest economic size was Tianjin, with a GDP of $6.04 billion; the city with the fourth largest economic size was Chongqing, with a GDP of $5.65 billion, Guangzhou ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $4.3 billion.

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Data from the World Bank and China Bureau of Statistics.

Rank City GDP
1 Shanghai $16.04 billion
2 Beijing $8.84 billion
3 Tianjin $6.04 billion
4 Chongqing $5.65 billion
5 Guangzhou $4.3 billion
6 Suzhou $3.2 billion
7 Chengdu $3 billion
8 Wuxi $2.8 billion
9 Nantong $2.4 billion
10 Dongying $2.2 billion
11 Weifang $2.1 billion
12 Xuzhou $2 billion
13 Changzhou $1.8 billion
14 Nanyang $1.7 billion
15 Yancheng $1.6 billion
16 Jining $1.6 billion
17 Yangzhou $1.5 billion
18 Linyi $1.5 billion
19 Jiaxing $1.5 billion
20 Kunming $1.5 billion
21 Shenzhen $1.4 billion
22 Jiangmen $1.4 billion
23 Shaoxing $1.4 billion
24 Zhoukou $1.4 billion
25 Dezhou $1.3 billion
26 Wenzhou $1.3 billion
27 Zhanjiang $1.2 billion
28 Zhenjiang $1.2 billion
29 Taizhou $1.2 billion
30 Nanchang $1.2 billion
31 Lianyungang $1.1 billion
32 Tai'an $1.1 billion
33 Jinhua $1.1 billion
34 Nanning $1.1 billion
35 Liaocheng $1 billion
36 Zhumadian $1 billion
37 Anyang $1 billion
38 Mianyang $1 billion
39 Shantou $0.9 billion
40 Shaoguan $0.9 billion
41 Shangqiu $0.9 billion
42 Kaifeng $0.9 billion
43 Nanchong $0.9 billion
44 Ganzhou $0.9 billion
45 Shangrao $0.9 billion
46 Dongguan $0.8 billion
47 Jiaozuo $0.8 billion
48 Puyang $0.8 billion
49 Yibin $0.8 billion
50 Deyang $0.8 billion
51 Luzhou $0.8 billion
52 Jiujiang $0.8 billion
53 Liuzhou $0.8 billion
54 Zhongshan $0.7 billion
55 Meizhou $0.7 billion
56 Binzhou $0.7 billion
57 Quzhou $0.6 billion
58 Huizhou $0.5 billion
59 Lishui $0.5 billion
60 Zhoushan $0.5 billion
61 Sanmenxia $0.5 billion
62 Zhuhai $0.4 billion
63 Pingxiang $0.4 billion
64 Shanwei $0.3 billion

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