According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1974, the province with the largest economic size in China was Liaoning, with a GDP of $9.6 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $9 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Guangdong, with a GDP of $7.2 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Heilongjiang, with a GDP of $6.9 billion, Shandong ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $6.8 billion.