According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1959, the province with the largest economic size in China was Liaoning, with a GDP of $5.3 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $3.1 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Guangdong, with a GDP of $2.9 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $2.9 billion, Hebei ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $2.9 billion.