China's software industry consisting of 39,837 companies generated total sales of CNY3,389.275 billion (US$524.6 billion) for January-May 2021, increasing 22.6% on year, according to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

Exports during the period reached US$19.1 billion, taking up 3.64% of the total sales and growing 10.1% on year.

These software companies generated 5-month net profit of CNY383.553 billion in total, rising 18.3% on year.

China software sales by category, Jan-May 2021 (CNYb)

Category of product

Sales

Y/Y

Software product

914.239

21.8%

IT technical service

2,131.405

24.0%

Information security

51.498

27.6%

Software used in embedded systems

292.133

14.4%

Source: MIIT, compiled by Digitimes, July 2021