MIIT: In the first eight months, China's software industry total profit was 1,183.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%.

MIIT released the software industry operation situation for January-August 2026. In the first eight months, China's software and information technology services industry (hereinafter referred to as the "software industry") operated well, with software business revenue growing steadily, total profit increasing steadily, and software business exports maintaining relatively rapid growth. In the first eight months, China's software business revenue was 10,282.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. The total profit of the software industry was 1,183.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. Software business exports were US$45.99 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. The original text is as follows: Software Industry Operation Situation for January-August 2026 In the first eight months of 2026, China's software and information technology services industry (hereinafter referred to as the "software industry") operated well, with software business revenue growing steadily, total profit increasing steadily, and software business exports maintaining relatively rapid growth. I. Overall Operation Situation In the first eight months, China's software business revenue was 10,282.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. The total profit of the software industry was 1,183.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. Software business exports were US$45.99 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. II. Operation Situation by Sector Revenue from software products grew steadily. In the first eight months, revenue from software products increased by 6.0% year on year, accounting for 21.5% of the industry's total revenue. Among this, revenue from basic software products increased by 9.8% year on year; revenue from industrial software products increased by 8.3% year on year. Revenue from information technology services continued to grow. In the first eight months, revenue from information technology services increased by 9.6% year on year, accounting for 68.7% of the industry's total revenue. Among this, revenue from cloud computing and big data services combined increased by 11.1% year on year, accounting for 17.3% of information technology services revenue; revenue from integrated circuit design increased by 21.6% year on year; revenue from e-commerce platform technical services increased by 5.3% year on year. Revenue from information security and embedded system software grew steadily. In the first eight months, revenue from information security products and services increased by 5.7% year on year. Revenue from embedded system software increased by 10.4% year on year. III. Operation Situation by Region In the first eight months, software business revenue in the eastern region, central region, western region, and northeastern region increased by 8.7%, 14.4%, 8.8%, and 4.2% year on year, respectively. Software business revenue in the eastern region accounted for 83.9% of the national total. Software business revenue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region increased by 7.4% year on year, and software business revenue in the Yangtze River Delta region increased by 10.1% year on year. The two regions accounted for 26.4% and 30.0% of national software business revenue, respectively. Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Shandong ranked among the top five nationwide in software business revenue, increasing by 7.2%, 9.2%, 9.6%, 10.5%, and 7.1% year on year, respectively. This article is compiled from the official website of "MIIT", edited by GMTEight: Liu Jiayin.