According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 2005, the province with the largest economic size in China was Guangdong, with a GDP of $271.82 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $227.4 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $224.27 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Zhejiang, with a GDP of $166.1 billion, Henan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $131.1 billion.