BEIJING — China's fiscal revenue registered a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent in the first two months of the year, official data showed on March 18.

The country's fiscal revenue amounted to 4.62 trillion yuan (about $728.42 billion) during the period, according to data from the Ministry of Finance.

Tax revenue came in at 4.08 trillion yuan in the January-February period, up 10.1 percent year-on-year.

Revenue from value-added tax, the largest source of fiscal revenue in the country, rose 6.1 percent from the same period in the previous year, while that of individual income tax amounted to 404.3 billion yuan in the period, an increase of 46.8 percent year-on-year.

Stamp tax revenue went up 13.3 percent year-on-year to 113.7 billion yuan. Specifically, stock-trading stamp tax revenue logged a yearly rise of 10.7 percent.

The central government and local governments collected 2.28 trillion yuan and 2.34 trillion yuan in fiscal revenue, rising 11.3 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively.

The data also showed that China's fiscal expenditure went up 7 percent year-on-year to 3.82 trillion yuan.

Fiscal spending on education rose 9.1 percent year-on-year, while spending on science and technology grew 15.5 percent, and social security and employment 4.8 percent, said the ministry.