According to the latest statistical data released by the China Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 2008, the province with the largest economic size in China was Guangdong, with a GDP of $536.61 billion; the province with the second largest economic size was Jiangsu, with a GDP of $452.42 billion; the province with the third largest economic size was Shandong, with a GDP of $452.3 billion; the province with the fourth largest economic size was Zhejiang, with a GDP of $313.8 billion, Henan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $263.5 billion.