Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: China's software business revenue in the first five months was 6,245.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%.

On June 30, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the software and information technology service industry in China showed a good operating trend in the first five months of 2026. The business income of the software industry has steadily increased, while the growth in total profits has slowed down, and the export of software services has maintained positive growth. In the first five months, the business income of the software industry in China reached 6.2451 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%. The total profit of the software industry was 717.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%. The export of software services was 27.65 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%. Full text: Operating Situation of the Software Industry from January to May 2026 In the first five months of 2026, the software and information technology service industry in China (referred to as the "software industry") showed a positive operating trend, with steady growth in business income, slowing momentum in total profits, and positive growth in software service exports. I. Overall Operating Situation In the first five months, the business income of the software industry in China reached 6.2451 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%. The total profit of the software industry was 717.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%. The export of software services was 27.65 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%. II. Operating Situation by Sector Income from software products showed stable growth. In the first five months, the income from software products was 1.3608 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%, accounting for 21.8% of the industry's total income. Among them, income from basic software products was 80.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.0%; income from industrial software products was 123.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%. Income from information technology services maintained double-digit growth. In the first five months, the income from information technology services was 4.2761 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.3%, accounting for 68.5% of the industry's total income. Among them, revenue from cloud computing and big data services totaled 703.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.1%, accounting for 16.4% of information technology service income; revenue from integrated circuit design was 175.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.2%; revenue from e-commerce platform technology services was 459.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Income from information security and embedded system software showed steady growth. In the first five months, income from information security products and services was 110.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%. Income from embedded system software was 497.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. III. Operating Situation by Region In the first five months, the business income of the software industry in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions of China increased by 10.5%, 12.9%, 8.8%, and 5.9% respectively compared to the same period last year. The eastern region accounted for 84.7% of the total software industry income in the country. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region saw a 9.9% year-on-year increase in software business income, while the Yangtze River Delta region saw an 11.6% year-on-year increase, with the two regions accounting for 26.1% and 30.6% of the national software industry income respectively. Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Shandong were among the top five in terms of software business income in the country, with year-on-year growth rates of 10.0%, 10.7%, 12.1%, 11.0%, and 8.6% respectively. This article is selected from the "Official Website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology"; Edited by GMTEight: Huang Xiaodong.