The software industry in China is the business of developing and publishing
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
and related services in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The size of the
industry
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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 of the Chinese government, established in March 2008, is the state agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireless ...
.
Companies
Leaders in the enterprise software market are
UFIDA Software
Yonyou (officially Yonyou Network Technology Co., Ltd., formerly yonyou Software Co., Ltd.) is principally engaged in the development and distribution of enterprise management software and cloud services.
Yonyou has around 230 branches worldwide ...
,
Kingdee
Kingdee International Software Group Limited () is a Hong Kong Stock Exchange main board listed company, China software industry leader, leading enterprise management software company in the Asia-Pacific region. It was founded on August 8, 19 ...
, and
SAP
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.
See also
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Software companies of China
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
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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 oversea ...
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Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOS, or ISCAS, simplified Chinese: 中国科学院软件研究所; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Ruǎnjiàn Yánjiūsuǒ) is one of institutes that Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) established. ...
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Dalian Software Park
Dalian Software Park (), also called DLSP, is an industrial park, industrial zone, created in 1998 in the western suburbs of Dalian, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, where many of the world's large and medium-sized IT-related companies have ...
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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 outsour ...
References
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Industry in China
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...