China’s January-September Fiscal Revenue up 5.1% y/y

China's fiscal revenue increased 5.1% in the first nine months of 2026 from a year earlier, following a gain of 5.7% in the January-August period, the finance ministry said on Friday. In the January-September period, fiscal revenue totaled 17.2 trillion yuan ($2.58 trillion), with tax revenue growing 6.1% year-on-year and non-tax revenue expanding 1.2%. Fiscal expenditure was up 1.0% on the year in the period, slowing from a rise of 1.2% in the first eight months.


