China GDP rises 9.5% in Q2, June industrial output up 15.1%

China's annual gross domestic product growth eased to 9.5 in the second quarter of 2011 from 9.7% in the previous quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.

But the growth rate was stronger than market expectations of 9.4%.

China's GDP in April-June was up 2.2% from the first quarter of 2011 on a seasonally adjusted basis, the statistics agency added. It marked a slight acceleration from the 2.1% recorded in the first quarter of this year. GDP in the first half totalled 20.45 trillion yuan.

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Industrial output for the second quarter rose 15.1% in June from a year earlier. Also, Inflation-adjusted urban per-capita disposable incomes were up 7.6% from a year earlier in real terms in the first half. Real rural per-capita cash incomes were up 13.7%.