BEIJING — China's stamp tax revenue rose 13.7 percent year-on-year to 216.5 billion yuan (about $32.27 billion) in the first five months of this year, official data showed on June 16.

During this period, stock trading stamp tax revenue went up 15 percent from a year ago to 141.3 billion yuan, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Data on June 16 also showed that China's fiscal revenue dropped 10.1 percent year-on-year during the first five months of this year.

The country's fiscal revenue amounted to about 8.67 trillion yuan during the period, the data showed.