How is the software industry now?

20 18 Analysis on the Development of Software and Information Technology Service Industry in China

In 20 18, China's software and information technology service industry operated well, with rapid growth in income and benefits and steady increase in employment; The pace of industrial development in the direction of high quality is accelerating, the structure is constantly adjusted and optimized, new growth points are constantly emerging, and the ability to serve and support the construction of two powerful countries is significantly enhanced, which is becoming an important driving force for the development of digital economy and the evolution of smart society.

First, the software industry maintained rapid growth, which played an important role in stabilizing growth and promoting employment.

1, the industrial scale has been further expanded, which has effectively boosted economic growth. According to the statistical data of China Software Industry Market Foresight and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis Report issued by Foresight Industry Research Institute, by the end of 20 18, there were 37,800 enterprises above designated size in the software and information technology service industry nationwide, an increase of 288 1 family over the previous year; Cumulative software business income was 630,665,438+billion yuan, up by 14.2% year-on-year. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the added value of information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 30.7% year-on-year in 20 18, ranking first in all industries of the national economy, accounting for 3.6% of GDP, and becoming an important driving force for steady and rapid economic growth.

Statistics and growth of national software business income in 20 1 1-20 18 (note: the annual growth rate in 20 13 is 23.4%).

Data source: compiled by Prospective Industry Research Institute.

2. Profitability has improved steadily, and high-quality development has achieved initial results. According to preliminary statistics, in 20 18, the software and information technology service industry realized a total profit of 807.9 billion yuan, up 9.7% year-on-year. From the key monitoring leading software enterprises, the total profit increased by 19.6%, and the sales profit rate was 9.2%. The whole industry is forming a good situation of coordinated development of powerful large enterprises and dynamic small enterprises.

3. The steady increase in the number of employees helps to stabilize employment. At the end of 20 18, there were 6.43 million employees in China's software and information technology service industry, an increase of 250,000 over the previous year, with a year-on-year increase of 4.2%; It accounts for 1.47% of the total urban employment in China, slightly higher than the end of 20 17; The total wages of employees in software and information technology services increased by 13.4%, and the per capita wages increased by 8.8%.

20 1 1-20 18 statistics and growth of employees in China software industry.

Data source: compiled by Prospective Industry Research Institute.

4. Exports maintained growth and the industrial structure continued to be optimized. In 20 18, China's software and information technology service industry exported 55.45 billion US dollars, up 0.8% year-on-year, accounting for about 6% of the industry's business income, of which the export of software outsourcing services increased by 5. 1%. Among the business income of the whole industry, the income ratio of software products, information technology services and embedded system software was 365,438+0: 55: 65,438+04, which was basically the same as that of the previous year, and the income of information technology services increased by 65,438+07.6% year-on-year, which was 3.4 percentage points faster than the industry average.

20 1 1-20 18 China software export statistics and growth.

Data source: compiled by Prospective Industry Research Institute.

Second, the development effect of software industry agglomeration has been further highlighted, and the layout has been reasonably adjusted.

1, the eastern region developed steadily, and the software industry in the central and western regions accelerated. In 20 18, the software business income in the eastern region was 4,979.5 billion yuan, up by 14.2% year-on-year, accounting for 79.0% of the national software industry. The software business income in the central and western regions was 31630 million yuan and 71890 million yuan, up by 19.2% and 16.2% respectively, which were 5.0 and 2.0 percentage points higher than the national growth rate. It accounted for 5.0% of the national software industry and 1 1.4%, both of which increased by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year. The revenue of software business in Northeast China was 296,543.8+0.4 billion yuan, down 0.4 percentage points year-on-year, accounting for 4.6% of the national software industry.

20 18 statistics and growth of software business income by region in China

Data source: compiled by Prospective Industry Research Institute.

2. The major software provinces maintained a steady and positive trend, and Hainan and some central and western provinces and cities grew rapidly. The top five software businesses are Guangdong (up 12.2%), Jiangsu (up 10.7%), Beijing (up 16.8%), Shandong (up 15.9%) and Zhejiang (up 2/kloc) There are 19 provinces and cities where the growth rate of software business income is higher than the national average, among which Hainan Province increased by 89.9% year-on-year, Guangxi, Qinghai, Yunnan and Guizhou in the west increased by 77.0%, 50.3%, 23.7% and 23.4% respectively, and Jiangxi and Anhui in the middle increased by 37.7% and 27.7% respectively.

In 2006, China's software business revenue mainly increased by TOP 10 provinces and cities.

Data source: compiled by Prospective Industry Research Institute.

3. Key cities play an outstanding role in the development of software industry. In 20 18, four municipalities directly under the central government and 15 sub-provincial central cities * * realized software business income of 5123.7 billion yuan, up by 14.2% year-on-year, accounting for 810.2% of the national software industry; Among them, 15 city software business income exceeds 1000 billion yuan, and Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai software business income exceeds or approaches 500 billion yuan; There are 9 central cities and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the growth rate of software business income exceeds the national average, among which the growth rate of Hangzhou and Ningbo exceeds 20%. Relying on the advantages of talents, innovation and resources, key cities have formed their own characteristics of software industry development, achieved double improvement in quality and efficiency, and radiated and promoted the development of surrounding areas. In 20 18, the total profits of four municipalities directly under the central government and five sub-provincial central cities accounted for 86.2% of the national software industry, with a year-on-year increase of 1 1.5%, which was higher than the national average of 1.8 percentage points.

Third, the rapid development of emerging information technologies has played a positive role in cultivating new kinetic energy.

1. Emerging formats have accelerated the development of the software industry and become new growth points. China's unique characteristics, such as huge population base, high Internet penetration rate and rich basic data resources, have strongly promoted the rapid landing and application development of cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence technologies. In 20 18, the revenue of cloud computing-related operation services increased by 2 1.4% year-on-year, accounting for 30.0% of information technology services; The technical service revenue of e-commerce platform increased by 265,438+0.9% year-on-year, accounting for 65,438+03.9%. The two incomes directly boosted the growth of software and information technology services by 4.9 percentage points, which became the most important driving force for industrial growth. At the same time, cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence technologies have also affected the traditional software development field in an all-round way, changed the development, delivery and profit model, triggered the reconstruction of computing platforms, brought new market space, made platform software and APP software rise rapidly, and realized the revenue growth of software products 12. 1%.

2. The integration of emerging information technologies and traditional industries has deepened, injecting new kinetic energy into economic development. The new generation of information technology is widely used and innovated in various fields of economy and society, supporting the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, finance, energy and logistics, and "empowering" traditional industries, and more and more typical application cases emerge; Especially in the industrial field, the application has been accelerated. In 20 18, the income of industrial software increased by 14.2%, and the industrial internet is becoming the focus of a new round of industrial revolution and industrial transformation. Support the construction of smart cities, smart transportation, smart communities and smart medical care. To help solve social management and people's livelihood problems and create new market demand. According to the monitoring of key leading software companies, the demand for information technology in the fields of transportation and safety has greatly increased.

Fourth, the vitality of scientific research and innovation in the software industry has been further enhanced, and the innovation system has been continuously improved.

1. The investment of enterprises in R&D is increasing. The research and development of software and information technology service industry presents a trend of "leading, small and medium-sized micro-follow-up". The monitoring of key leading software enterprises shows that the R&D investment of enterprises increased by 20.4% in 20 18 years, which was higher than the growth rate of their business income 13.3 percentage points, and the R&D intensity reached 10.4%. Driven by the continuous investment in R&D, the number of domestic computer software copyright registrations has exploded, and the number of international patent applications of some enterprises has ranked among the top in the world.

2. The application-driven innovation system is being formed and improved. Cloud computing and big data technology have gradually matured and landed, becoming the mainstream direction of innovation, development and business application of most software companies; Artificial intelligence, blockchain and other technologies have opened up new innovation paths, initially formed a variety of innovative application results, and led the development of computer vision, speech recognition and other fields; Open source community has changed the traditional development model and is becoming a new driving force for innovation; The application-driven innovation system has spawned a large number of emerging formats, attracted investment and resources from different industries and fields, and constantly tilted towards software and information technology services.