Of the 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions that have released their GDP figures for the first six months, 11 saw their GDP top more than two trillion yuan in the first half of this year, People's Daily reported.

South China's Guangdong province recorded 5.72 trillion yuan in its GDP and took the top spot. The GDP of Jiangsu and Shandong provinces reached 5.52 trillion yuan and 3.89 trillion yuan, ranking second and third, respectively.

Zhejiang province ranked the fourth place with 3.46 trillion yuan in its GDP.