The software industry in China is the business of developing and publishing
software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the Execution (computing), execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications.
The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...
and related services in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. The size of the
industry
Industry may refer to:
Economics
* Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity
* Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery
* The wider industrial sector ...
including software and information services in 2013 was worth 3060 billion RMB (about $493 billion) according to the
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is the sixth-ranked executive department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireles ...
.
Companies
Leaders in the enterprise software market are
UFIDA Software,
Kingdee,
Neusoft and
SAP
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See also
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Business process outsourcing in China
The business process outsourcing industry in China including IT and other outsourcing services for onshore and export markets surpassed 1 trillion yuan (about $145 billion) in 2016 according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
History
The outsourc ...
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China Software Industry Association The China Software Industry Association (CSIA) is the major representative and one of the most active associations in the China software industry. Its goal is to promote the development of software industry in China and provide a hub with overseas ...
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Dalian Software Park
Dalian Software Park (), also called DLSP, is an industrial zone, created in 1998 in the western suburbs of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, where many of the world's large and medium-sized IT-related companies have set up shop to do s ...
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Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOS, or ISCAS, ) is one of institutes that Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) established. It was established on March 1, 1985. It's on the 4th Zhongguancun South Fourth Street, Haidian District, B ...
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Software companies of China
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications.
The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital computers in the mid-20th cen ...
References
Industry in China
China
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