AIP532 Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the economic operation of China’s software industry in 2023. Data show that in 2023, China’s software and information technology service industry (hereinafter referred to as the “software industry”) has been running steadily, software business revenue has grown rapidly, profitability has remained stable, and software business exports have fallen slightly.

AIP532 In terms of overall operation, in 2023, there will be more than 38,000 enterprises above designated size in the software and information technology service industry in the country, with a cumulative software business revenue of 12,3258 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4%, and a growth rate of 2.2 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year, showing rapid growth; The total profit of the software industry was 1,459.1 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6%, and the growth rate was 7.9 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year. The profit margin of the main business increased by 0.1 percentage points to 9.2%, and the profitability remained stable. The export of software business was 51.42 billion US dollars, down 3.6% year-on-year, of which the export of software outsourcing services increased by 5.4% year-on-year.

AIP532 From the perspective of sub-fields, each field presents different characteristics.

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AIP532 Revenue from software products grew steadily. In 2023, the revenue of software products was 2,903.0 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1%, and the growth rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year, accounting for 23.6% of the total industry revenue. Among them, the revenue of industrial software products reached 282.4 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%.

AIP532 Revenue from information technology services grew rapidly. In 2023, the revenue of information technology services was 8,122.6 billion yuan, an increase of 14.7%, 1.3 percentage points higher than the overall level of the whole industry, accounting for 65.9% of the total revenue of the whole industry. Among them, the revenue of cloud services and big data services reached 1,247 billion yuan, an increase of 15.4% year-on-year, accounting for 15.4% of the revenue of information technology services, accounting for 0.5 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year; The revenue of integrated circuit design was 306.9 billion yuan, up 6.4% year on year; The revenue of e-commerce platform technical services was 1,178.9 billion yuan, up 9.6% year on year.

AIP532 Revenue from information security products and services grew steadily. In 2023, the revenue of information security products and services was 223.2 billion yuan, an increase of 12.4%, and the growth rate was 2.0 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year.

Embedded system software revenue grew by double digits. In 2023, the embedded system software revenue was 1077 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6%, and the growth rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the same period last year.