Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: China's software business revenue of 11803.1 billion yuan increased 8.4% year-on-year in the first three quarters

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on October 30, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the operation of the software industry for the first three quarters of 2026. In the first three quarters, China's software business revenue was 11803.1 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4% over the previous year. The total profit of the software industry was 1330 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6% over the previous year. The software business exported $51.94 billion, up 12.2% year on year. Revenue from software products is growing steadily. In the first three quarters, software product revenue increased 5% year-on-year, accounting for 20.8% of the industry's revenue. Among them, revenue from basic software products increased 7.8% year on year; revenue from industrial software products increased 7.3% year on year.

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The operation of the software industry in the first three quarters of 2026

In the first three quarters 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 a relatively rapid growth rate.

I. Overall operation

In the first three quarters, China's software business revenue was 11803.1 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4% over the previous year. The total profit of the software industry was 1330 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6% over the previous year. The software business exported $51.94 billion, up 12.2% year on year.

II. Operation by field

Revenue from software products is growing steadily. In the first three quarters, software product revenue increased 5% year-on-year, accounting for 20.8% of the industry's revenue. Among them, revenue from basic software products increased 7.8% year on year; revenue from industrial software products increased 7.3% year on year.

IT services revenue continues to grow. In the first three quarters, IT service revenue increased 9.3% year-on-year, accounting for 69.5% of the industry's revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services achieved a total revenue increase of 10.2% year on year, accounting for 17.9% of IT service revenue; integrated circuit design revenue increased 23.3% year on year; and e-commerce platform technology service revenue increased 4.9% year on year.

Information security revenue and embedded systems software revenue are growing steadily. In the first three quarters, revenue from information security products and services increased 5.4% year over year. Embedded systems software revenue grew 10.3% year over year.

III. Operation by region

In the first three quarters, software business revenue in the eastern region, central region, western region, and northeast region increased by 8.3%, 13.3%, 8.4%, and 4.3%, respectively. The eastern region accounts for 83.5% of the country's software business revenue. Software business revenue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region increased 7.2% year on year, and software business revenue in the Yangtze River Delta region increased 9.9% year on year. The two regions accounted for 26.6% and 29.8% 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 6.8%, 8.9%, 9.3%, 10%, and 5.8%, respectively.

This article was edited by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Zhitong Finance Editor: Chen Siyu.