China’s fiscal revenue falls 0.3% in first half

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s fiscal revenue dipped 0.3% in the first half of 2025 from a year earlier, unchanged from the decline in the January-May period, the finance ministry said on Friday.

Fiscal expenditure rose 3.4% in the first half against a 4.2% gain in the first five months.

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)