China's economic growth would hit 9 percent in 2010 with exports making bigger contributions, Ma Jun, Deutsche Bank Greater China chief economist, said at an investment forum in Beijing on Monday.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences made similar predictions in December, which is higher than the World Bank's estimate of 8.7 percent.

China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 8.9 percent in the third quarter in 2009, accelerating from 7.9 percent in the second quarter and 6.1 percent in the first.