According to the latest statistical information released by the Jilin Bureau of statistics in 2024, in 1997, the city with the largest economic size in Jilin was Changchun, with a GDP of $6.6 billion; the city with the second largest economic size was Siping, with a GDP of $1.9 billion; the city with the third largest economic size was Songyuan, with a GDP of $1.5 billion; the city with the fourth largest economic size was Tonghua, with a GDP of $1.4 billion, Baishan ranks fifth in economic scale, with a GDP of $0.9 billion.