China's industrial economic recovery is still suffering from a weak foundation despite steady growth in the first three quarters of the year, a senior government official warned.

In the first three quarters, industrial added-value by enterprises above the designated scale increased by 9.6 percent year-on-year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

The figure was 0.3 percentage points higher than in the previous six months, with the individual figures for the respective three quarters being 9.5 percent, 9.1 percent and 10.1 percent.