Software Industry Revenue Climbs in 2009 - MIIT

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China's software industry generated total revenue of RMB 951.3 billion ($139.24 billion) in 2009, up 25.6 percent year-on-year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Feb. 3.
Revenues generated by the software products sector contributed RMB 328.8 billion ($48.13 billion) to total industry revenue for the year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], an increase of 26.3 percent from 2008.
The most dynamic growth was seen in the software services sector,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which generated revenues of RMB 212.63 billion ($31.12 billion), up 31.4 percent year-on-year. Within this sector, revenues generated by software outsourcing services increased by 35 percent year-on-year to RMB 30.7 billion ($4.49 billion) during the same period.
Revenue generated from the system integration software,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], embedded software and IC design software sectors hit RMB 220.29 billion ($32.24 billion), RMB 167.36 billion ($24.50 billion) and RMB 22.22 ($3.25 billion) respectively between January and December.
The value of software exports reached $18.5 billion last year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], up 14 percent on an annual basis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], of which the value of software outsourcing to foreign markets totaled $2.4 billion, up 15 percent year-on-year.
The table below breaks down China's software industry revenues by sector in 2009.
China's software industry revenues, January to December 2009