BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday that China's fiscal revenue in September rose 17.3 percent year-on-year to reach 737.7 billion yuan (115.7 billion U.S. dollars).

September's growth took the fiscal revenue in the first nine months to 8.16 trillion yuan, up 29.5 percent from a year ago, according to the ministry.