China's government land sales revenue fell 28.3% year-on-year in January-September to 3.85 trillion yuan ($526.81 billion), after a 28.5% decline in January-August, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Tuesday.

For September, land sales fell 26.4% year-on-year, deepening from a 4.9% drop in August, according to Reuters calculations based on the ministry's data. ($1 = 7.3081 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo; Editing by Andrew Heavens)