Fixed-asset investment in China's urban areas rose 33 percent in the first eight months of 2009 from a year earlier to 11.3 trillion yuan ($1.65 trillion), the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

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June alone recorded a 35.3-percent rise. The NBS did not provide monthly figures for July and August.

The growth rate in the primary sector for the first eight months -- including farming, fishing and forestry -- jumped 60.4 percent from a year earlier.

For the first eight months the industrial sector investment rose 27 percent. In the tertiary sector covering commerce, finance and services, there was a 37.3-percent growth.

China unveiled a 4-trillion-yuan stimulus package last November to boost investment in factories, property, roads and other facilities to counter falling exports and fuel growth of the world's third largest economy.