China's industrial value-added output expanded 9.5 percent year on year in June, a pace slightly slower than 9.6 percent in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.

But on a month-on-month basis, the industrial output growth in June picked up 0.76 percent from May, according to the NBS.

In the first half of this year, the industrial value-added output increased 10.5 percent year on year.

China's industrial value-added output measures the final output value of industrial production, or the value of gross industrial output minus intermediate input, such as raw materials and labor costs.