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Profile of China's software industry in 2012
BEIJING, Jan 28, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Business revenue of China's software in
dustry surged 28.5 percent year on year to 2.5 trillion yuan in the wh
ole year of 2012 and the growth rate was 3.9 percentage points lower t
han that for the same period of 2012, according to a report released b
y the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Chart 1 shows the revenue growth of China's software industry in 20
12:
-- Development of sub-sectors
Data processing & operating services and embedded system software s
aw vigorous growth in the whole year of 2012.
Table 1: Business revenue of different sub-sectors of the software
industry in Jan-Dec, 2012
Service category
Revenue (billion yuan)
Year-on-year growth (percent)
Software products
--
27.9
System integrated services
--
24.8
Embedded system software
397.3
31.2
Data processing & operating services
428.5
35.9
IT consulting services
--
24.1
IC design
80.8
25.5
-- Development in different regions
In 2012, the software business revenue in western China grew rapidl
y, posting an increase of 29.6 percent year on year to 266.4 billion y
uan and the growth rate was 10.6 percentage points higher than the nat
ional average during the same period, while that in central China clim
bed at a slower pace with revenue of 79.4 billion yuan during the same
period.
Table 2: Software business revenues in different regions in 2012:
Region
Revenue (billion yuan)
Year on year growth (%)
in 2012
in 2011
Eastern China
1900
27.4
--
Western China
266.4
29.6
--
Central China
79.4
21.5
--
-- Exports of software and outsourcing of services
China's software industry realized 36.8 billion US dollars in expor
ts in 2012, up 18 percent year on year and the growth rate was 0.5 per
centage points lower than that for the same period of 2011.
China's exports of software outsourcing service were up 13 percent
year on year.
Table 3: China's exports of software and software outsourcing servi
ces in 2012:
Category
Export value (Billion USD)
Growth year on year in 2012 (%)
Growth year on year in 2011 (%)
Software
36.8
18
18.5
--Outsourcing service
--
13
---- Development in different regions
In 2012, China's 15 sub-provincial cities have reaped operating tur
nover of 1.37 trillion yuan in the software business, up 31.4 percent
year on year, and the growth rate was 2.9 percentage points higher tha
n the national average during the same period.
Among the 15 sub-provincial cities, the growth rate of data process
ing & operating services reached 43.7 percent on year, and the growth
rate was 7.8 percentage points higher than the national average. (Ed
ited by Ma Xin, maxin11@xinhua.org)
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