According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1957, the province with the largest economic size in China was Liaoning, with a GDP of $3.1 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $2.5 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $2.4 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Guangdong, with a GDP of $2.3 billion, Sichuan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $2.2 billion.