On October 30, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the operating situation of the software industry for the first three quarters of 2026.
In the first three quarters, China's software business revenue reached 11,803.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%. The total profit of the software industry was 1,330 billion yuan, up 1.6% year-on-year. Software business exports amounted to 51.94 billion US dollars, up 12.2% year-on-year.
Software product revenue grew steadily. In the first three quarters, software product revenue increased by 5% year-on-year, accounting for 20.8% of the industry's total revenue. Among them, basic software product revenue grew by 7.8% year-on-year, and industrial software product revenue grew by 7.3% year-on-year.
Overall Operating Situation
In the first three quarters, China's software and information technology services industry (hereinafter referred to as the "software industry") showed a sound operating trend, with steady growth in software business revenue, stable profit growth, and relatively fast growth in software business exports.
In the first three quarters, China's software business revenue reached 11,803.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%. The total profit of the software industry was 1,330 billion yuan, up 1.6% year-on-year. Software business exports amounted to 51.94 billion US dollars, up 12.2% year-on-year.
Performance by Segment
Software product revenue grew steadily. In the first three quarters, software product revenue increased by 5% year-on-year, accounting for 20.8% of the industry's total revenue. Among them, basic software product revenue grew by 7.8% year-on-year, and industrial software product revenue grew by 7.3% year-on-year.
Information technology service revenue continued to grow. In the first three quarters, information technology service revenue increased by 9.3% year-on-year, accounting for 69.5% of the industry's total revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services together achieved revenue growth of 10.2% year-on-year, accounting for 17.9% of information technology service revenue; integrated circuit design revenue grew by 23.3% year-on-year; e-commerce platform technical service revenue grew by 4.9% year-on-year.
Information security revenue and embedded system software revenue grew steadily. In the first three quarters, information security product and service revenue increased by 5.4% year-on-year. Embedded system software revenue grew by 10.3% year-on-year.
Performance by Region
In the first three quarters, software business revenue in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions grew by 8.3%, 13.3%, 8.4%, and 4.3% year-on-year, respectively. The eastern region accounted for 83.5% of the national software business revenue. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region's software business revenue grew by 7.2% year-on-year, and the Yangtze River Delta region's software business revenue grew by 9.9% year-on-year, with these two regions accounting for 26.6% and 29.8% of the national software business revenue, respectively. Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Shandong ranked among the top five in the country for software business revenue, growing by 6.8%, 8.9%, 9.3%, 10%, and 5.8% year-on-year, respectively.
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