Report Highlights

China's software and information service industry have achieved a great success in thirty years of reform and opening. Software industry is applied in national economic sectors and penetrates into people's routine work and all aspects of social life with its unique penetration and influence. In order to further strengthen governments' guidance and control to software industry, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China definitudes management department for software industry and Internet industry--Department of Software and Service Industry. According to plan, this department takes charge of guiding the development of software industry, drawing out and organizing implementation of technical specifications and standards, promoting software public service system construction and software service outsourcing, guiding and coordinating information security technology development. This has important strategic significance to speed up China's software industrial development and promote software enterprises' large-scale development.

With regard to market competition, foreign software and service vendors are pursuing more refined business strategy in China in 2008, and are enhancing cohesion force in the industry chain by building stable ecosystem. Domestic vendors are growing mature by engaging in intense competition with foreign rivals and are going through trials and hardships in the marketplace, and gradually take the dominant position in some fields. The competitive edge is expected to become stronger.

In the face of innovation and changes in the industry, we release 2008-2009 Annual Report on the Development of China's Software Industry (General Report), which helps vendors, investors and industry insiders grasp more accurately laws governing the market's development and in combing the development track of application value:

* Deep and accurate industry research data: The report conducts in-depth research of the industry policy introduced by the central government and local governments in major areas and leading vendors' marketing and business planning strategies in 2008, and provides vivid description of changes in specific fields from various angles.
* All-round and profound industry development analysis: In addition to specific fields, the report analyzes collaboration, alliance and co-competition relationships in the industry chain, and looks into the opportunities and challenges faced by domestic and foreign vendors in the new round of competition.
* Scientific and complete forecasts: Through regression modeling and expert verification in major market segments, it conducts analysis of related industry links, to present valuable trend analysis and quantitative forecast result.