Thursday, January 29, 2009

China's software industry posts 29% revenue growth for 2008

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Chinese media) -- China's software industry reported a

29-percent revenue growth for 2008 from a year earlier, according to the

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).



Specifically, sales of software technology services and embedded software

products rose by 40 percent and 17 percent respectively.

An official with the MIIT said high-tech industries had developed fast and

steadily last year. The output of state-owned high-tech companies and private

ones each with an annual sales revenue of more than five million yuan (about

714,290 U.S. dollars) was up 14 percent from the previous year.

Production of high-end products such as the laptop and LCD TV also rose by

more than 20 percent.

The software sector generated 580 billion yuan in revenue in 2007, up 20.8

percent year-on-year.

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