China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2009 was modified up to 9.1 percent from previous 8.7 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday.

The country's GDP hit 34.0507 trillion yuan (5.296 trillion U.S. dollars), up 515.4 billion yuan (76 billion U.S. dollars) from the previous figure, according to the NBS.

After the GDP adjustment, the added-value of the primary industry was 3.522 trillion yuan (520 billion U.S. dollars), down 25.1 billion yuan (3.7 billion U.S. dollars) from the earlier calculation.

The added-value of the second industry reached 15.7639 trillion yuan (2.33 trillion U.S. dollars), up 9.9 percent from a year earlier. That growth was 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous figure.

The added-value of the tertiary industry grew to 14.7642 trillion yuan (2.18 trillion U.S. dollars) by 9.3 percent, 0.4 percentage point higher than the earlier report.

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