Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Software Business Revenue in the First Quarter was 13,099 billion yuan | an increase of 14% over the previous year

In the first quarter of 2018, China's software and information technology services industry showed a steady upward trend, revenue, profit, and export growth all rebounded, and the number of employees increased steadily. At the same time, the development of emerging areas continued to accelerate, and the software industry in some provinces and cities increased. Prominently, the software industry in the central city maintained its leading position. Specifically:

First, the overall operation

The growth rate of software business income accelerated, which was higher than that of the same period of last year. In the first quarter, software and information technology service industry in China completed a software business income of 13,099 billion yuan, an increase of 14% year-on-year, and an increase of 1.1 percentage points year-on-year, of which growth was 15.1% in March. , faster than the average growth rate of 1.8 percentage points in January-February.

The growth rate of total profit increased steadily. In the first quarter, the total profit of the industry was RMB 157.6 billion, up 10.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.2% higher than the same period of last year, which was 3.5% higher than the growth rate in January-February.

Exports rebounded, and exports of outsourcing services improved. In the first quarter, the software industry achieved exports of US$ 12.57 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%, and the growth rate increased by 4.2 percentage points year-on-year, 3.4 percentage points over January-February. Among them, outsourcing service exports. The growth was 11.3%, which was 4.9 percentage points higher than that in January-February. The export of software in the embedded system reversed and declined, which was a 1.9% year-on-year increase.

The number of employees has increased steadily, and wages have increased rapidly. In the first quarter, the average number of employees in the software and information technology services industry in China increased by 5%, and the growth rate increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year; the total salary of employees rose by 14.1%, and the growth rate increased by 2.3 over the same period of last year. Percentage points; per capita wage growth of 8.7%.

Second, the operation of the sub-field

Industrial software and information security software continued to grow rapidly. In the first quarter, the software industry realized revenue of 399.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.1%, a year-on-year increase of 1.8 percentage points, and an increase of 0.4 percentage points from January to February. Among them, industrial software Product revenue increased by 14.3%, and information security products increased by 15.3%.

Revenue from online operations and platform information technology services grew rapidly. In the first quarter, revenue from information technology services reached 710.1 billion yuan, an increase of 17% year-on-year, a year-on-year increase of 1.4 percentage points, and an increase of 54.2% in the total industry revenue. Revenue from operations-related services increased by 23.1%, which was a year-on-year increase of 0.8%; Revenue from technology service of e-commerce platforms increased by 18.9%; Revenue from IC design grew by 7.9%. Other information technology services (including information technology consulting and design services, system integration, operation and maintenance services) , Data services, etc.) Revenue increased by 14.3%, an increase of 2.7 percentage points year-on-year.

The income of embedded system software grew steadily. In the first quarter, the embedded system software revenue reached RMB 1.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%, and the growth rate decreased by 1.5 percentage points year-on-year, which was a 0.2 percentage point increase over January-February.

Third, the operating situation by region

The growth of the software industry in the central region has been leading, and the growth rate in the western region has declined. In the first quarter, the software business in the central region achieved a total revenue of 61.2 billion yuan, an increase of 23.4%, and the growth rate increased by 5 percentage points year-on-year, 9.4 percentage points higher than the national average; In Anhui, Hubei's software business revenue increased by 30.6% and 25.1% year-on-year, respectively. The software business revenue in the Western Region was 151.2 billion yuan, an increase of 13.9%, and the growth rate was down by 3.7 percentage points year-on-year.

In the eastern region, the software industry rose steadily, and the northeast region continued to rebound slightly. In the first quarter, the software business in the eastern region achieved a revenue of 1.0379 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%, and the growth rate increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year; the top five in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, Zhejiang, and Shanghai accounted for 65% of the country's total revenue from the completion of their software business, with growth rates of 13%, 10.8%, 18.8%, 18.1%, and 11.6%, respectively, of which Beijing and Zhejiang recorded growth rates higher than the national average of 4.8 and 4.1. Percentage points. The software business in Northeast China achieved a total revenue of 59.6 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.9 percentage points higher than the same period last year.

The software industry in the core cities showed good growth, with some cities standing out. In the first quarter, software revenues of 15 sub-provincial-level central cities across the country achieved 739.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.5%, and a year-on-year increase of 1.2 percentage points higher than the national software industry. The average level is 0.5%, accounting for 56.5% of the country's software industry. Among them, there are 7 cities with rapid income growth that exceed the average level, including Wuhan, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Xiamen, and Qingdao.