BEIJING — China's stamp tax revenue rose 4.1 percent year-on-year to 318.8 billion yuan (about $46 billion) in the first eight months of this year, official data showed.

According to the Ministry of Finance, stock trading stamp tax revenue went up 3.9 percent from a year ago to 206.9 billion yuan during this period.

Data also showed that China's fiscal revenue rose 3.7 percent year-on-year during the first eight months of this year.

The country's fiscal revenue amounted to approximately 13.8 trillion yuan during the period, the data showed.