Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology indicates that in the first seven months of 2026, China's software industry demonstrated a robust operational performance, with steady revenue growth, stable profit expansion, and sustained positive momentum in software exports.

During the January-to-July period, software business revenue reached 89.785 trillion yuan, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 9.2%. The industry's aggregate profit stood at 1.0396 trillion yuan, up 1.3% compared to the same period last year, while software exports amounted to 40.61 billion US dollars, marking a 12.2% year-on-year growth.

Segment breakdown of software business operations

Revenue from software products experienced steady growth, rising 6.3% year-on-year and accounting for 21.6% of total industry revenue. Within this category, fundamental software products saw revenue climb by 9.4%, while industrial software product revenue grew by 8.4%.

Revenue from information technology services maintained double-digit expansion, increasing 10.0% year-on-year and representing 68.7% of the industry's total. Notably, combined revenue from cloud computing and big data services grew by 12.3%, accounting for 16.7% of IT service revenue. Integrated circuit design revenue surged by 21.5%, and e-commerce platform technical service revenue rose by 5.1%.

Both information security revenue and embedded systems software revenue recorded moderate growth, with the former up 6.2% year-on-year and the latter increasing by 10.5%.

Regional performance highlights

Across the first seven months, software business revenue in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions grew by 9.0%, 14.6%, 9.1%, and 4.9% year-on-year, respectively. The eastern region continued to dominate, contributing 83.9% of the national total.

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area achieved 8.4% revenue growth, while the Yangtze River Delta region saw a 10.2% increase, with the two regions collectively accounting for 26.4% and 29.9% of national software revenue, respectively.

Among provincial-level regions, Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Shandong ranked as the top five contributors to software business revenue, posting year-on-year growth rates of 8.3%, 9.3%, 9.3%, 10.5%, and 7.0%, respectively.

This article is based on official data released on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.