The mainland's efforts to fight tax evasion brought in 46.9 billion yuan (HK$59.2 billion) of additional taxes in 2013, 38 times more than 2008, according to the website of the State Administration of Taxation.
Since 2011, China's transfer pricing agreements with Hong Kong and Macau have saved 34.57 billion yuan in taxes for companies and individuals in Hong Kong and Macau, says the administration.
Transfer pricing refers to the allocation of profits among different related companies and jurisdictions to minimise taxes.
The taxes collected from "non-resident enterprises" in China more than tripled to 117.2 billion yuan in 2013 from 2008, said the tax agency. A non-resident enterprise is a multinational with top management based outside China.
China exchanged tax information with 46 countries last year, recovering 5.6 billion yuan in taxes, said the agency. In comparison, it exchanged tax information with 18 countries in 2008.
China must make its presence felt more in international efforts to fight "base erosion and profit shifting", said deputy tax commissioner Zhang Zhiyong.