According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2025, in 1970, the province with the largest economic size in China was Liaoning, with a GDP of $5.7 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $5.32 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $5.2 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Guangdong, with a GDP of $4.7 billion, Heilongjiang ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $4.6 billion.