MIIT: China's software business revenue in the first three quarters was RMB11.8031 trillion, up 8.4% year on year.

On October 30, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the operating situation of the software industry in the first three quarters of 2026. In the first three quarters, China's software business revenue was RMB11.8031 trillion, up 8.4% year on year. Total software industry profit was RMB1.33 trillion, up 1.6% year on year. Software business exports were US$51.94 billion, up 12.2% year on year. Software product revenue grew steadily. In the first three quarters, software product revenue rose 5% year on year, accounting for 20.8% of total industry revenue. Among them, basic software product revenue rose 7.8% year on year; industrial software product revenue rose 7.3% year on year. The original text is as follows: Operating Situation of the Software Industry in the First Three Quarters of 2026 In the first three quarters of 2026, China's software and information technology services industry (hereinafter referred to as the "software industry") operated well, software business revenue grew steadily, total profit increased steadily, and software business exports maintained relatively rapid growth. I. Overall Operating Situation In the first three quarters, China's software business revenue was RMB11.8031 trillion, up 8.4% year on year. Total software industry profit was RMB1.33 trillion, up 1.6% year on year. Software business exports were US$51.94 billion, up 12.2% year on year. II. Operating Situation by Segment Software product revenue grew steadily. In the first three quarters, software product revenue rose 5% year on year, accounting for 20.8% of total industry revenue. Among them, basic software product revenue rose 7.8% year on year; industrial software product revenue rose 7.3% year on year. Information technology service revenue continued to grow. In the first three quarters, information technology service revenue rose 9.3% year on year, accounting for 69.5% of total industry revenue. Among them, revenue from cloud computing and big data services combined rose 10.2% year on year, accounting for 17.9% of information technology service revenue; integrated circuit design revenue rose 23.3% year on year; e-commerce platform technical service revenue rose 4.9% year on year. Information security revenue and embedded system software revenue grew steadily. In the first three quarters, information security product and service revenue rose 5.4% year on year. Embedded system software revenue rose 10.3% year on year. III. Operating Situation by Region In the first three quarters, software business revenue in the eastern, central, western and northeastern regions rose 8.3%, 13.3%, 8.4% and 4.3% year on year, respectively. Software business revenue in the eastern region accounted for 83.5% of the national total. Software business revenue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region rose 7.2% year on year, and software business revenue in the Yangtze River Delta region rose 9.9% year on year; the two regions accounted for 26.6% and 29.8% of national software business revenue, respectively. Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Shandong ranked in the top five nationwide by software business revenue, rising 6.8%, 8.9%, 9.3%, 10% and 5.8% year on year, respectively. This article is edited from MIIT; GMTEight editor: Chen Siyu.