MIIT: China's Software Industry Revenue Reached 70585 Billion CNY, Profit Reaches 8581 Billion CNY in First Half of 2025, with Both Up by Over Two-Digit Figures
We learned from MIIT data that on August 1st, the software industry revenue in China reached 70585 billion CNY in the first half of 2025, up by 11.9% year-on-year; the total profit of the software industry was 8581 billion CNY, up by 12.0% year-on-year; and the export value of the software industry was 283 billion USD, up by 5.3% year-on-year. Overall, the software and information technology service industry ran smoothly in the first half of 2025, with software business revenue growing steadily, total profit remaining at a two-digit growth rate, and software business exports maintaining positive growth.
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Software Industry Situation in the First Half of 2025The first half of 2025 saw a good operating situation for China's software and information technology service industry (hereinafter referred to as "the software industry"), with steady growth in software business revenue, two-digit growth in total profit, and positive growth in software business exports.
One: Overall Operating SituationSoftware business revenue grew steadily. In the first half of 2025, China's software business revenue reached 70585 billion CNY, up by 11.9% year-on-year.
Total profit remained at a two-digit growth rate. In the first half of 2025, the total profit of the software industry was 8581 billion CNY, up by 12.0% year-on-year.
Software business exports maintained positive growth. In the first half of 2025, the export value of the software industry reached 283 billion USD, up by 5.3% year-on-year.
Two: Sectoral Operating SituationSoftware product revenue grew steadily. In the first half of 2025, software product revenue reached 15441 billion CNY, up by 10.6%, accounting for 21.9% of the entire industry's revenue. Among them, basic software products saw a revenue of 903 billion CNY, up by 13.8%; industrial software products saw a revenue of 1445 billion CNY, up by 8.8%.
Information technology service revenue remained at a two-digit growth rate. In the first half of 2025, information technology service revenue reached 48362 billion CNY, up by 12.9%, accounting for 68.5% of the entire industry's revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services saw a revenue of 7434 billion CNY, up by 12.1%, accounting for 15.4% of information technology service revenue; integrated circuit design saw a revenue of 2022 billion CNY, up by 18.8%; e-commerce platform technical services saw a revenue of 5882 billion CNY, up by 10.2%.
Information security revenue grew steadily. In the first half of 2025, information security product and service revenue reached 1052 billion CNY, up by 8.2%.
Embedded system software revenue grew steadily. In the first half of 2025, embedded system software revenue reached 5730 billion CNY, up by 8.5%.
Three: Regional Operating SituationIn the first half of 2025, the eastern region, central region, western region, and northeastern region saw year-on-year growth rates of 12.1%, 12.5%, 10.4%, and 9.2%, respectively. The eastern region accounted for 84.3% of China's software business revenue.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region saw a year-on-year growth rate of 12.5%, the Yangtze River Delta region saw a year-on-year growth rate of 13.7%. Among the top five regions in terms of software business revenue, Beijing saw a year-on-year growth rate of 12.6%, Guangdong saw a year-on-year growth rate of 9.0%, Jiangsu saw a year-on-year growth rate of 14.4%, Shandong saw a year-on-year growth rate of 12.9%, and Shanghai saw a year-on-year growth rate of 18.0%.