GDP ranking of Guangdong cities in 1997

According to the latest statistical information released by the Guangdong Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1997, the city with the largest economic size in Guangdong was Guangzhou, with a GDP of $20.1 billion; the city with the second largest economic size was Shenzhen, with a GDP of $13.8 billion; the city with the third largest economic size was Foshan, with a GDP of $8.9 billion; the city with the fourth largest economic size was Jiangmen, with a GDP of $5.6 billion, Dongguan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $5.5 billion.

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Data from the World Bank and China Bureau of Statistics.

Ranking City GDP
1 Guangzhou $20.1 billion
2 Shenzhen $13.8 billion
3 Foshan $8.9 billion
4 Jiangmen $5.6 billion
5 Dongguan $5.5 billion
6 Maoming $4.9 billion
7 Shantou $4.6 billion
8 Zhanjiang $4.3 billion
9 Zhaoqing $4.1 billion
10 Huizhou $4 billion
11 Jieyang $3.8 billion
12 Zhuhai $2.9 billion
13 Zhongshan $2.7 billion
14 Shaoguan $2.2 billion
15 Chaozhou $1.9 billion
16 Yunfu $1.9 billion
17 Qingyuan $1.8 billion
18 Meizhou $1.8 billion
19 Yangjiang $1.6 billion
20 Shanwei $1.3 billion
21 Heyuan $1 billion

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