SHANGHAI: China said on Wednesday it had revised its 2010 economic growth up to 10.4 per cent from the 10.3 per cent announced previously, due mainly to higher-than-estimated output in its service sector.

The National Bureau of Statistics announced the gross domestic product (GDP) for last year totalled 40.12 trillion yuan ($6.3 trillion) -- 321.9 billion yuan more than the previously-released figure.

China -- the world's second largest economy -- routinely revises its growth figures.

According to the statement, the country's secondary sector -- which mainly refers to manufacturing -- accounted for more than 46.8 per cent of the nation's economy.

The services sector represented 43.1 per cent of the economy, while the primary sector -- mainly agriculture -- came to 10.1 per cent.This year, the economy expanded at a slower but still robust pace in the second quarter as Beijing battles to bring politically sensitive inflation under control, with GDP up 9.5 per cent on year in the April-June period.

This compares with 9.7 per cent growth in the first three months of the year, and 9.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010.—AFP