Top 100 Chinese Cities Economic List for 2008

According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 2008, the city with the largest economic size in China was Shanghai, with a gross domestic product(GDP) of $205.7 billion; the city with the second largest economic size was Beijing, with a GDP of $162.5 billion; the city with the third largest economic size was Guangzhou, with a GDP of $120.2 billion; the city with the fourth largest economic size was Shenzhen, with a GDP of $114.2 billion, Tianjin ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $98.23 billion.

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Data from the World Bank and China Bureau of Statistics.

Rank City GDP
1 Shanghai $205.7 billion
2 Beijing $162.5 billion
3 Guangzhou $120.2 billion
4 Shenzhen $114.2 billion
5 Tianjin $98.23 billion
6 Suzhou $98 billion
7 Chongqing $84.7 billion
8 Hangzhou $69.9 billion
9 Wuxi $64.7 billion
10 Qingdao $64.4 billion
11 Foshan $63.4 billion
12 Ningbo $58 billion
13 Wuhan $57.9 billion
14 Chengdu $57.1 billion
15 Dalian $56.5 billion
16 Shenyang $56.5 billion
17 Nanjing $55.2 billion
18 Dongguan $54.4 billion
19 Tangshan $52.1 billion
20 Yantai $49.9 billion
21 Jinan $44 billion
22 Zhengzhou $44 billion
23 Changsha $43.9 billion
24 Harbin $42 billion
25 Shijiazhuang $41.5 billion
26 Quanzhou $39.6 billion
27 Changchun $37.5 billion
28 Nantong $36.7 billion
29 Weifang $36.2 billion
30 Wenzhou $35.5 billion
31 Zibo $33.5 billion
32 Fuzhou $33.4 billion
33 Shaoxing $32.5 billion
34 Daqing $32.5 billion
35 Changzhou $32.2 billion
36 Xi'an $32.1 billion
37 Jining $30.5 billion
38 Dongying $29.7 billion
39 Xuzhou $29.4 billion
40 Handan $29.1 billion
41 Taizhou $28.8 billion
42 Luoyang $28.1 billion
43 Linyi $27.9 billion
44 Jiaxing $26.6 billion
45 Baotou $25.8 billion
46 Cangzhou $25.1 billion
47 Jinhua $24.6 billion
48 Hefei $24.4 billion
49 Nanchang $24.3 billion
50 Nanyang $24 billion
51 Kunming $23.9 billion
52 Anshan $23.6 billion
53 Yancheng $23.5 billion
54 Erdos $23.5 billion
55 Baoding $23.2 billion
56 Yangzhou $23.1 billion
57 Xiamen $22.9 billion
58 Weihai $22.7 billion
59 Tai'an $22.5 billion
60 Taiyuan $21.5 billion
61 Zhongshan $20.6 billion
62 Zhenjiang $20.6 billion
63 Taizhou $20.4 billion
64 Nanning $19.3 billion
65 Hohhot $19.3 billion
66 Dezhou $19.2 billion
67 Jilin City $19.1 billion
68 Huizhou $18.9 billion
69 Jiangmen $18.8 billion
70 Liaocheng $18.3 billion
71 Binzhou $18.2 billion
72 Maoming $17.9 billion
73 Yueyang $16.2 billion
74 Zaozhuang $16 billion
75 Pingdingshan $15.7 billion
76 Xuchang $15.6 billion
77 Zhanjiang $15.4 billion
78 Anyang $15.4 billion
79 Changde $15.4 billion
80 Langfang $15.4 billion
81 Huzhou $15.2 billion
82 Jiaozuo $15.1 billion
83 Yichang $15.1 billion
84 Urumqi $15 billion
85 Yulin $14.8 billion
86 Xiangyang $14.7 billion
87 Zhangzhou $14.7 billion
88 Hengyang $14.7 billion
89 Zhuhai $14.6 billion
90 Xingtai $14.5 billion
91 Zhoukou $14.4 billion
92 Shantou $14.3 billion
93 Xinxiang $13.9 billion
94 Shangqiu $13.7 billion
95 Huai'an $13.4 billion
96 Zhuzhou $13.3 billion
97 Liuzhou $13.24 billion
98 Guilin $13 billion
99 Xinyang $12.7 billion
100 HeZe $12.4 billion