MIIT: In the first half of the year, the revenue of China's software industry reached 705.85 billion yuan, with profits of 85.81 billion yuan, both showing a year-on-year growth of over ten percent.
On August 1st, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the operating conditions of the software industry in the first half of 2025.
On August 1, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology data showed that in the first half of 2025, China's software business revenue was 705.85 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9% year-on-year; software industry profit totaled 858.1 billion yuan, an increase of 12.0% year-on-year; software business exports were 28.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year. Overall, in the first half of the year, the software and information technology services industry operated well, with steady growth in software business revenue, double-digit growth in profit, and positive growth in software business exports.
In the first half of 2025, the operation of the software industry
In the first half of 2025, China's software and information technology services industry (hereinafter referred to as "software industry") operated well, with steady growth in software business revenue, double-digit growth in profit, and positive growth in software business exports.
I. Overall operation
Steady growth in software business revenue. In the first half of the year, China's software business revenue was 705.85 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9% year-on-year.
Double-digit growth in profit. In the first half of the year, software industry profits totaled 858.1 billion yuan, an increase of 12.0% year-on-year.
Positive growth in software business exports. In the first half of the year, software business exports were 28.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year.
II. Operation in different fields
Steady growth in software product revenue. In the first half of the year, software product revenue was 154.41 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6% year-on-year, accounting for 21.9% of the entire industry revenue. Among them, basic software product revenue was 90.3 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%; industrial software product revenue was 144.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8%.
Double-digit growth in information technology service revenue. In the first half of the year, information technology service revenue was 483.62 billion yuan, an increase of 12.9% year-on-year, accounting for 68.5% of the entire industry revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services achieved a revenue of 743.4 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1%, accounting for 15.4% of the information technology service revenue; integrated circuit design revenue was 202.2 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8%; e-commerce platform technology service revenue was 588.2 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2%.
Steady growth in information security revenue. In the first half of the year, information security product and service revenue was 105.2 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%.
Steady growth in embedded system software revenue. In the first half of the year, embedded system software revenue was 57.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5%.
III. Regional operation
In the first half of the year, the software business revenue in the eastern region, central region, western region, and northeastern region increased by 12.1%, 12.5%, 10.4%, and 9.2% respectively. The eastern region accounted for 84.3% of the total software business revenue in the country.
The software business revenue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region increased by 12.5% year-on-year, and the software business revenue in the Yangtze River Delta region increased by 13.7% year-on-year. Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Shanghai ranked among the top 5 in software business revenue in the country, with year-on-year growth rates of 12.6%, 9.0%, 14.4%, 12.9%, and 18.0% respectively.
This article is selected from the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, edited by GMTEight: Jiang Yuanhua.
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