Beijing, April 2 (Reporter Wang Zheng, Liu Wenwen) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that thanks to the powerful support of broad application scenarios and huge market demand, China's software and information technology service industry made a good start in the first two months of this year, with good growth in some fields and regions. Software business revenue exceeded 1.7 trillion yuan, up 11.9% year on year; The total profit of the software industry was 206.4 billion yuan, up 11.5% year on year.

Revenue from software products increased steadily. In the first two months, the revenue of software products was 394.4 billion yuan, up 8.4% year on year, accounting for 23.1% of the industry's revenue. Among them, the revenue of industrial software products was 40.7 billion yuan, up 8.2% year on year.

The growth rate of information technology service income is relatively high, and the new business type is growing rapidly. In the first two months, the revenue from information technology services exceeded 1.1 trillion yuan, up 13.5% year on year, accounting for 66% of the industry's revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data services achieved revenue of 210.2 billion yuan, up 13.8% year on year; IC design revenue was 46.3 billion yuan, up 12% year on year; The technical service revenue of e-commerce platform was 137.8 billion yuan, up 3.8% year on year.

Information security revenue grew steadily. In the first two months, the revenue from information security products and services reached 35.2 billion yuan, up 13.3% year on year.

People's Daily (April 3, 2024, Version 1)