China's software industry generated total sales revenues of CNY345.4 billion (US$52.44 billion) in the first quarter of 2011, growing by 27.0% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The total value for exports of software products and services in the first quarter was US$6.75 billion, accounting for 12.9% of the total sales revenues and rising by 24.3% on year.
| China software industry: Breakdown of 1Q11 total sales revenues by category of business (CNY billion) |
| Category of business | Amount | Y/Y |
| Software products | 123.7 | 29.9% |
| System integration services | 78.3 | 23.0% |
| Software used in embedded systems | 59.2 | 23.5% |
| Data processing and operational services | 39.9 | 40.1% |
| IT consulting services | 30.1 | 29.0% |
| IC design | 14.2 | 6.9% |
Source: MIIT, compiled by Digitimes, April 2011