China raises its estimate of GDP growth in 2009 to 9.1%
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Adelmo [2011-05-20]
The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics or NBS, announced on July 2 that it has revised its estimate of China's gross domestic product for 2009 to RMB 34.05 trillion, or a 9.1% growth year-on-year, from the preliminary figure of RMB 33.54 trillion and 8.7%, respectively, source reported.
The new figure is an increase of RMB 515.4 billion or 0.4 percentage points from original calculation.
The bureau said China's primary industry value added was RMB 3.52 trillion, down RMB 25.1 billion from the preliminary data, with an unchanged growth rate of 4.2%.
The value added of secondary industry was RMB 15.76 trillion, raised RMB 68.1 billion than preliminary data, representing a 9.9% increase from 9.5%. The tertiary industry value added for 2009 was raised RMB 472.4 billion to RMB 14.76 trillion, up 9.3% year-on-year, increased 0.4% comparing with the preliminary figure.
The primary, secondary and tertiary industries account for 10.3%, 46.3% and 43.4% of the overall economy respectively, according to the statement made by the NBS.
On January 21 NBS announced China's GDP amounted to RMB 33.54 trillion in 2009, up 8.7% year on year.