A Chinese clerk counts renminbi yuan banknotes in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. (PHOTO / IC)

BEIJING - China's fiscal revenue climbed 3.8 percent year on year to 19.04 trillion yuan (about US$2.72 trillion) in 2019, official data showed Monday.

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The central government collected 8.93 trillion yuan in fiscal revenue, up 4.5 percent year on year, while local governments saw fiscal revenue expand 3.2 percent to 10.11 trillion yuan last year, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance.