Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In the first two months, China's software business revenue was 1.8965 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau released the economic operation of the software industry in January-February 2025. In the first two months of 2025, China's software and information technology services industry maintained a good trend, with software business revenue reaching 1.8965 trillion yuan, steady growth, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%; total profits were 232.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%, returning to double-digit growth; and software business exports were 8.03 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%. The original text: Economic Operation of the Software Industry in January-February 2025 In the first two months of 2025, China's software and information technology services industry (hereinafter referred to as the "software industry") maintained a good trend, with steady growth in software business revenue, total profits returning to double-digit growth, and export growth in the software business on par with the same period last year. 1. Overall Operation Steady growth in software business revenue. In the first two months, China's software business revenue reached 1.8965 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%. Figure 1 Growth of Software Business Revenue Total profits return to double-digit growth. In the first two months, total profits in the software industry were 232.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%. Figure 2 Growth of Total Profits in the Software Industry Slight decrease in export growth of software business. In the first two months, software business exports amounted to 8.03 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%. Figure 3 Export Growth of Software Business 2. Operation in Different Fields Steady growth in software product revenue. In the first two months, software product revenue reached 425.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%. Among them, industrial software product revenue was 44.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%; basic software product revenue was 27.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%. Information technology service revenue maintained double-digit growth. In the first two months, information technology service revenue reached 1.2585 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%. Among them, cloud computing and big data services grew by 8.8% year-on-year; integrated circuit design grew by 13.5% year-on-year. Slight increase in growth of information security product and service revenue. In the first two months, information security product and service revenue was 39.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%. Steady growth in embedded system software revenue. In the first two months, embedded system software revenue reached 173.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%. 3. Regional Operation In the first two months, the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions of China saw year-on-year growth of 9.8%, 10.9%, 9.8%, and 10%, respectively. The eastern region accounted for 85.1% of the total software business revenue in the country. In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, software business revenue grew by 10.8% year-on-year, and in the Yangtze River Delta region, it grew by 10.4% year-on-year. Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Shanghai were the top five regions in terms of software business revenue, with year-on-year growth rates of 10.6%, 6.5%, 9.7%, 12.2%, and 14.1% respectively. This article is compiled from the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China. Editor: Liu Xuan, translated by GMTEight.