Beijing, Nov 24: Software sales in China hit USD 1.37 billion in the third quarter this year, up 20.2 per cent over the same period last year, a report said today. Sales of professional application software reached USD 0.64 billion (5.28 billion Yuan) in the period, due to the steady purchase growth of the telecommunication and banking industries.
The development of e-government, online education and the computerisation of traditional industries were also the major forces behind the growth.
Platform software such as operating systems and databases sold USD 0.367 billion, with an increase of 13.5 per cent over the same period last year, Xinhua news agency quoted the China Centre of Information Industry Development, a Beijing-based consulting company, as saying.
Bureau Report