According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1981, the province with the largest economic size in China was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $14 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $13.9 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Guangdong, with a GDP of $11.61 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Liaoning, with a GDP of $11.6 billion, Henan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $10 billion.