China’s software industry’s revenue climbed 28.7 percent year on year to 362.6 billion yuan in the first four months of 2010. The growth marked a 5.2 percentage points expansion from the same period of last year.
The industry has experienced a three-month consecutive revenue growth, and accomplished software business revenue of 105.3 billion yuan in April, rising 36.7 percent year on year and 7.1 percent from March.
Chart 1 shows revenue growth of China’s software industry in January-April of 2009 and 2010:
Revenue from value-added information technology (IT) services posted outstanding progress in January-April, and that from software design and development showed a robust rebound.
Table 1: Business revenue of different IT services in Jan.-Apr. 2010 Service category Revenue (billion yuan) Growth year on year (percent) Software products 133.3 27 System integrated & supporting service 72.8 25.1 Embedded system software 63.8 23 Value-added IT services 37.9 38.1 IT consulting & management services 32 26.3 Software design & development 22.8 63
Chart 2 shows a breakdown of revenue by sub-sector of the software industry in the first four months.
– Development in different regions
In the first four months of this year, software business revenue growth in eastern China rebounded rapidly, while that in central and western China slid.
Table 2: Software business revenues in different regions in Jan.-Apr. Region Revenue (billion yuan) Shares in the industry’s total (percent) Year on year growth (percent) Eastern China 319 88 29.2 Western China 28.8 – 27 Central china 14.8 – 20.5
Chart 3 shows software revenue growth in different regions in January-April of 2009 and 2010.
China’s software export value grew at a slower pace in the first four months of this year, and the outsourcing service export value showed stable development.
Table 3: China’s exports of software and software outsourcing services Category Export value (Million USD) Growth year on year (percent) in 2010 Growth year on year (percent) in 2009 Software 6,950 22.4 47.2 Outsourcing service 710 26 -
Chart 4 shows the export growth of the software industry in January-April.
Moreover, 15 sub-provincial cities accomplished software business revenues of approaching 180 billion yuan in January-April, rising 30 percent year on year, accounting for about one half of the nation’s total. Revenues from the software industry in Dalian, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Ningbo all posted year-on-year revenue growth of over 30 percent. (Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
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