China's fiscal revenue registered a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent in the first two months of the year, official data showed Friday.

The country's fiscal revenue amounted to 4.62 trillion yuan (about $728.42 billion) during the period, according to data from the Ministry of Finance.

Tax revenue came in at 4.08 trillion yuan in the January-February period, up 10.1 percent year on year.

Revenue from value-added tax, the largest source of fiscal revenue in the country, rose by 6.1 percent from the same period in the previous year, while that of individual income tax amounted to 404.3 billion yuan in the period, an increase of 46.8 percent year on year.

Stamp tax revenue went up 13.3 percent year on year to 113.7 billion yuan. Specifically, stock-trading stamp tax revenue logged a yearly rise of 10.7 percent.

The central and local governments collected 2.28 trillion yuan and 2.34 trillion yuan in fiscal revenue, rising by 11.3 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively.

Friday's data also showed that China's fiscal expenditure went up 7 percent year on year to 3.82 trillion yuan.

Fiscal spending on education rose by 9.1 percent year on year, while spending on science and technology grew by 15.5 percent, and social security and employment 4.8 percent, said the ministry.