According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2025, in 1960, the province with the largest economic size in China was Liaoning, with a GDP of $6.5 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $3.6 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Heilongjiang, with a GDP of $3.3 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Hebei, with a GDP of $3.1 billion, Guangdong ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $3 billion.