BEIJING, April 17 -- China's fiscal revenue climbed 9.3 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2014 to reach 3.5 trillion yuan (568.71 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.

Central government revenue in March stood at 377.4 billion yuan, down 1.4 percent from a year ago, while local government revenue stood at 632.9 billion yuan, up 9.5 percent from the same period last year.