A worker checks the spring farming progress of the Datian rural cooperative by a monitor system on a computer in Jiangxiang Town, Nanchang County of east China's Jiangxi Province, March 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China's software and information technology service sector sustained stable growth in the first half of this year, with revenue from software-related businesses up 10.9 percent year on year, according to official data.
The sector's revenue amounted to 4.63 trillion yuan (about 686.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the first six months, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed.
Companies in the sector raked in 489.1 billion yuan in combined profits in the period, up 7.3 percent year on year.
During the six-month period, China's software exports amounted to 25.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 4 percent year on year, data showed. ■
