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Fiscal revenue up 0.3%in first 8 months

China's fiscal revenue edged up 0.3 percent year-on-year to 14.82 trillion yuan ($2.09 trillion) in the first eight months, said the Ministry of Finance. The central government collected about 6.43 trillion yuan in fiscal revenue during the period, down 1.7 percent, while local governments collected 8.39 trillion yuan, up 1.8 percent.

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