The Zhitong Finance App learned that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the operation of the software industry from January to August 2026. In the first eight months, China's software and information technology service 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. In the first eight months, China's software business revenue was 10282 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8% over the previous year. The total profit of the software industry was 1183.7 billion yuan, up 1.3% year on year. The software business exported 45.99 billion US dollars, an increase of 12.5% over the previous year.
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The operation of the software industry from January to August 2026
In the first eight months of 2026, China's software and information technology service 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 operation
In the first eight months, China's software business revenue was 10282 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8% over the previous year. The total profit of the software industry was 1183.7 billion yuan, up 1.3% year on year. The software business exported 45.99 billion US dollars, an increase of 12.5% over the previous year.
II. Operation by field
Revenue from software products is growing steadily. In the first 8 months, software product revenue increased 6.0% year on year, accounting for 21.5% of the industry's revenue. Among them, revenue from basic software products increased 9.8% year on year; revenue from industrial software products increased 8.3% year on year.
IT services revenue continues to grow. In the first eight months, IT service revenue increased 9.6% year on year, accounting for 68.7% of the industry's revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services achieved a total revenue increase of 11.1% year on year, accounting for 17.3% of IT service revenue; integrated circuit design revenue increased 21.6% year on year; and e-commerce platform technology service revenue increased 5.3% year on year.
Information security revenue and embedded systems software revenue are growing steadily. In the first eight months, revenue from information security products and services increased 5.7% year over year. Embedded systems software revenue grew 10.4% year over year.
III. Operation by region
In the first eight months, software business revenue in the eastern region, central region, western region, and northeast region increased by 8.7%, 14.4%, 8.8%, and 4.2%, respectively. The Eastern region accounts for 83.9% of the country's software business revenue. Software business revenue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region increased 7.4% year on year, and software business revenue in the Yangtze River Delta region increased 10.1% year on year. The two regions accounted for 26.4% and 30.0% of the country's software business revenue respectively. Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Shandong software business revenue ranked among the top 5 in the country, with year-on-year increases of 7.2%, 9.2%, 9.6%, 10.5%, and 7.1%, respectively.
This article was selected from the “Ministry of Industry and Information Technology” official website, Zhitong Finance Editor: Liu Jiayin.