China's Revenue Statistics for Some Years
| Year | Total Tax Revenue (in billion yuan) | Tax Revenue in Proportion to Total Fiscal Revenue (%) | Tax Revenue in Proportion to GDP (%) |
| 1952 | 9.77 | 53.2 | 14.4 |
| 1956 | 14.09 | 49.0 | 13.7 |
| 1960 | 20.37 | 35.6 | 14.0 |
| 1965 | 20.43 | 43.2 | 11.9 |
| 1970 | 28.12 | 42.4 | 12.5 |
| 1975 | 40.28 | 49.4 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 51.93 | 45.9 | 14.3 |
| 1980 | 57.17 | 49.3 | 12.7 |
| 1982 | 70.00 | 57.7 | 13.2 |
| 1985 | 204.08 | 101.8 | 22.8 |
| 1986 | 209.07 | 98.5 | 20.5 |
| 1987 | 214.04 | 97.3 | 17.9 |
| 1988 | 239.05 | 101.4 | 16.0 |
| 1989 | 272.74 | 102.3 | 16.1 |
| 1990 | 282.19 | 96.1 | 15.2 |
| 1991 | 299.02 | 94.9 | 13.8 |
| 1992 | 329.69 | 94.6 | 12.4 |
| 1993 | 425.53 | 97.8 | 12.3 |
| 1994 | 512.69 | 98.3 | 11.0 |
| 1995 | 603.80 | 96.7 | 10.3 |
| 1996 | 690.98 | 93.3 | 10.2 |
| 1997 | 8234.0 | 95.2 | 11.0 |
Note :
In three years above, the tax revenue exceeds the fiscal revenue for the reason that the excessive amount of losses of enterprises largely reduces the fiscal revenue.
