Along with the rapid development of China¡¯s software and information services industry, the export volume of software products continues to increase, the software industry has got some achievements in export markets, domestic distribution and export base, as well as showing its new features.
At "The Sixth China International Software and Information Service Fair" in Dalian, Wang Chao who is the assistant of the minister of Chinese Commercial Bureau has pointed out that in 2007, the export of China¡¯s software products was 930 million US dollars, with an increase of 1.7 times, the export of information technology services was 950 million US dollars, with slightly higher than the export of software products.
The software export markets are diversified, there are about 94 export countries (regions), with an increase of 35 of 2006, Japan and the United States are the two major markets of China¡¯s software products export. The foreign-invested enterprises are the mainstay of China¡¯s software export, and the export of software and information service is 1.6 billion US dollars, with the increase of 82.4%.
The geographical distribution of the domestic software industry is imbalance, the software and information service export in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Liaoning, Jiangsu and other cities has reached more than 100 million US dollars, but the software export in most central and western provinces and cities is less than 10 million US dollars. The construction of software export base and software export innovation base have achieved initial success, the software export contracts in Beijing, Shanghai and other 8 bases have reached more than 1.65 billion US dollars, with accounting for 88.4% of the total exports.
Wang Chao has also mentioned that in 2007, the information technology outsourcing is the main way of undertaking outsourcing services in China, it accounts for more than 60% of the total service outsourcing. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, the service outsourcing of ITO and BPO undertaken by China in 2007 is about 2 billion US dollars.
The software export and service outsourcing develop rapidly, but there are some problems, such as the low technical content, lopsided regional development. Wang Chao has pointed out that China would take more effective measures to promote software export and service outsourcing.
Wang Chao has said that we should make a good long-term development plan of software export and service outsourcing, establish the medium and long-term objectives and development strategy of China¡¯s software export and service outsourcing industry, and formulate the material measures to promoting development.
