Shanghai took the crown among Chinese cities for GDP in the first three quarters of this year with 3.09 trillion yuan ($482 billion), representing an increase of 9.8 percent year-on-year, followed by Beijing and Shenzhen, with 2.98 and 2.18 trillion yuan respectively.

Among Chinese cities, seven cities' GDP growth surpassed the country's economic growth of 9.8 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters, including Wuhan (18.8 percent), Suzhou (10.9 percent), Beijing (10.7 percent), Hangzhou (10 percent), Chengdu (10 percent), Guangzhou (9.9 percent) and Chongqing (9.9 percent).

Let's take a look at the 10 cities with the highest GDP.

No 10 Nanjing
Jan-Sept GDP: 1.19 trillion yuan

No 9 Wuhan
Jan-Sept GDP: 1.23 trillion yuan

No 8 Hangzhou
Jan-Sept GDP: 1.32 trillion yuan

No 7 Chengdu
Jan-Sept GDP: 1.44 trillion yuan

No 6 Suzhou
Jan-Sept GDP: 1.64 trillion yuan

No 5 Chongqing
Jan-Sept GDP: 1.99 trillion yuan

No 4 Guangzhou
Jan-Sept GDP: 2 trillion yuan

No 3 Shenzhen
Jan-Sept GDP: 2.18 trillion yuan

No 2 Beijing
Jan-Sept GDP: 2.98 trillion yuan

No 1 Shanghai
Jan-Sept GDP: 3.09 trillion yuan