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), 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.