According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1964, the province with the largest economic size in China was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $3.7 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Liaoning, with a GDP of $3.6 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Guangdong, with a GDP of $3.4 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Sichuan, with a GDP of $3.2 billion, Shandong ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $3 billion.