Guangdong is a developed province, in 1978, Guangdong's GDP was only CNY18,585 million (US$11,036 million) when it ranked the 5th in all provincial-level divisions; Its GDP has been Ranking the first since 1989, Guangdong became only the first province to reach a GDP of over CNY1 trillion in 2000, It enjoyed an annual average GDP growth of 13.1 percent in the 30 years from 1978 to 2007. in 2008, Guangdong's GDP was CNY3,679,671 million (US$529,823 million), and It was CNY3,908,159million (US$572,121 million) in 2009.
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal and best developed province, its annual average GDP growth rate of 12.7% ranked the 2nd from 1978 to 2007, while its GDP per capita in 2007 was 112.2 times in 1978, it ranked 1st in all provincial-level divisions. In 1978, Zhengjiang's GDP was only CNY12,372 million (US$7,347 million) and ranked the 12th in all provincial-level divisions, then Its GDP has been Ranking the 4th since 1994, also Zhengjiang became the 4th province to reach a GDP of over CNY1 trillion in 2004, Zhejiang's GDP was CNY2,148,692 (US$309,677 million) that it was firstly over CNY2 trillion in 2008, Zhengjiang's GDP was CNY2,283,243 million (US$334,247 million) in 2009.
Shanghai is located in the East China sea coast, as a municipality and a largest city in China, also it is a economic and commercial center. Although Shanghai's GDP was CNY27,281 million (US$16,200 million) and ranked 1st in 1978, it was over 8% of GDP in Mainland China at that time, the other provincial-level divisions have had rapidly developing, It has droped ranking to 7th or 8th since 1990s, its GDP was below 5% of GDP in Mainland China. Shanghai's GDP per capita has been ranking 1st in all provincial-level divisions of Mainland China, its GDP was CNY1,406,987 million (US$202,587 million) in 2008 and CNY1,490,093 million (US$218,137 million) in 2009, the GDP per capita reached CNY74,504 (US$10,728) in 2008.
Inner Mongolia is located in the North China, it is an autonomous region and 3rd largest provincial-level administration by area in China. its GDP per-catpita in 2007 was 79.2 times in 1978, the annual average GDP growth rate ranked 5th in 30 years from 1978 to 2007. GDP of Inner Mongolia was CNY5,804 million (US$3,447 million) and ranked 24th in 1978, it rose up to rank 15th and reached CNY972,578 million (US$142,377 million) in 2009.