China's fiscal revenue up 7 pct in first 2 months

China's fiscal revenue rose 7 percent Year-on-Year to 3.91 trillion yuan (about 582.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of 2019, official data showed Monday.

The central government collected about 1.94 trillion yuan in fiscal revenue during the period, up 6.6 percent Year on Year, while local governments saw fiscal revenue rise 7.4 percent to around 1.97 trillion yuan, according to statistics from the Ministry of Finance.