Top 100 Chinese Cities Economic List for 1988

According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1988, the city with the largest economic size in China was Shanghai, with a gross domestic product(GDP) of $13.45 billion; the city with the second largest economic size was Beijing, with a GDP of $8.51 billion; the city with the third largest economic size was Chongqing, with a GDP of $5.42 billion; the city with the fourth largest economic size was Tianjin, with a GDP of $5.39 billion, Guangzhou ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $5 billion.

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Data from the World Bank and China Bureau of Statistics.

Rank City GDP
1 Shanghai $13.45 billion
2 Beijing $8.51 billion
3 Chongqing $5.42 billion
4 Tianjin $5.39 billion
5 Guangzhou $5 billion
6 Chengdu $3.1 billion
7 Wuxi $2.8 billion
8 Weifang $2.5 billion
9 Shenzhen $1.9 billion
10 Changzhou $1.8 billion
11 Xuzhou $1.8 billion
12 Yancheng $1.8 billion
13 Jining $1.8 billion
14 Jiangmen $1.6 billion
15 Zhanjiang $1.6 billion
16 Yangzhou $1.6 billion
17 Jiaxing $1.6 billion
18 Wenzhou $1.5 billion
19 Shaoxing $1.5 billion
20 Nanyang $1.5 billion
21 Linyi $1.4 billion
22 Taizhou $1.3 billion
23 Jinhua $1.3 billion
24 Dongguan $1.2 billion
25 Shantou $1.2 billion
26 Zhenjiang $1.2 billion
27 Dongying $1.2 billion
28 Nanning $1.2 billion
29 Dezhou $1.1 billion
30 Liaocheng $1.1 billion
31 Nanchang $1.1 billion
32 Shaoguan $1 billion
33 Tai'an $1 billion
34 Anyang $1 billion
35 Mianyang $1 billion
36 Ganzhou $1 billion
37 Shangqiu $0.9 billion
38 Jiaozuo $0.9 billion
39 Zhumadian $0.9 billion
40 Deyang $0.9 billion
41 Liuzhou $0.89 billion
42 Zhongshan $0.8 billion
43 Meizhou $0.8 billion
44 Binzhou $0.8 billion
45 Kaifeng $0.8 billion
46 Puyang $0.8 billion
47 Nanchong $0.8 billion
48 Shangrao $0.8 billion
49 Huizhou $0.7 billion
50 Luzhou $0.7 billion
51 Jiujiang $0.7 billion
52 Quzhou $0.6 billion
53 Zhuhai $0.5 billion
54 Lishui $0.5 billion
55 Zhoushan $0.5 billion
56 Sanmenxia $0.5 billion
57 Shanwei $0.4 billion
58 Heyuan $0.4 billion
59 Pingxiang $0.3 billion

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