According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 2001, the province with the largest economic size in China was Guangdong, with a GDP of $148.25 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $115.61 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $112.5 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Zhejiang, with a GDP of $84.4 billion, Henan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $69 billion.