BEIJING — China's stamp tax revenue rose 19.3 percent year-on-year to 190.9 billion yuan (about $28.29 billion) in the first four months of this year, official data showed.

During this period, stock trading stamp tax revenue went up 21.9 percent from a year ago to 125 billion yuan, according to the Ministry of Finance.

This marks active trading in the country's capital market.

In the January-April period, the country's fiscal revenue dropped 4.8 percent year-on-year to about 7.43 trillion yuan.