The gross domestic product of China's provinces and municipalities in the first quarter has been released, people.com.cn reported on Wednesday.
Figures revealed that economies of one-third of provinces and municipalities grew more slowly than the national level of 7 percent.
Chongqing ranked first, with a GDP growth rate of 10.7 percent, followed by Guizhou province and Tibet autonomous region.
Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces in Northeast China are among the regions below national level, with the latter's economy growing at the slowest pace of 1.9 percent, according to the website.
Eighteen provinces and municipalities grew more than 7 percent in the first quarter while three grew in line with the national level.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Ministry of Finance asked local authorities to implement the timetable for deepening fiscal reforms, further cut administrative approvals and spend unused funds.
They were also told to speed up local government debt issuance, improve management of fiscal funds and accelerate expenditure.
No. 10 Hubei province, 548.79 billion yuan
No. 9 Liaoning province, 571.91 billion yuan
No. 8 Shanghai city, 581.58 billion yuan
No. 7 Hebei province, 602.95 billion yuan
No. 6 Sichuan province, 623.45 billion yuan
No. 5 Henan province, 772.02 billion yuan
No. 4 Zhejiang province, 834.24 billion yuan
No. 3 Shandong province, 1,293.16 billion yuan
No. 2 Jiangsu province, 1,462.07 billion yuan
No. 1 Guangdong province, 1,494.86 billion yuan