GDP value for 2013 to be raised

NBS chief says modification to better reflect contribution of service sector

China is likely to raise its previously announced gross domestic product value for 2013 by about 3 percent to better reflect the rapid development of the tertiary sector in the country, the nation's top statistician said on Tuesday.

Ma Jiantang, deputy head of the leading group of the State Council for the Third National Economic Census and the director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said the census reflects the advances made by the service industry and small businesses and the rapid changes to the economic structure during the five years since 2009.