China's software and information technology service industry reported double-digit year-on-year growth in terms of revenue in the first eleven months of 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Thursday.
Data show that from January to November, China's software business revenue reached 12.2903 trillion yuan (about 1.68 trillion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent.
The revenue from information technology services maintained double-digit growth, accounting for 67.3 percent of the total industry revenue. Among these, cloud computing and big data services generated a revenue of 1.2691 trillion yuan (about 173.86 billion U.S. dollars), marking a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent.
In the eleven-month period, software business exports continued to improve, reaching 51.01 billion U.S. dollars, up 4.8 percent year on year.
China's software, IT service industry sees double-digit growth in revenue in Jan-Nov 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping's Special Envoy Shao Hong attended the inauguration ceremony of President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso in Brazzaville on Thursday at the latter's invitation.
On Friday, Sassou Nguesso met with Shao, also vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at the presidential palace in Brazzaville.
After conveying cordial greetings and best wishes from Xi to Sassou Nguesso, Shao said that friendship between China and the Republic of the Congo enjoys a long history and has grown stronger over time.
China attaches great importance to the development of bilateral relations and is willing to work with the Congolese side to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and fulfill their responsibilities as co-chairs of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to lead the development of China-Africa relations and strengthen solidarity and coordination among the Global South, Shao said.
Sassou Nguesso asked Shao to convey his sincere greetings to Xi and thanked the Chinese president for sending a special envoy to attend his inauguration ceremony.
He spoke highly of the bilateral relations, stressing that the Congolese side cherishes the traditional friendship between the two countries and is willing to deepen friendly cooperation with China in various fields, strengthen communication and coordination on international hotspot issues, and further advance the building of a high-level community with a shared future between the two countries.
Chinese envoy attends Congo-Brazzaville president's inauguration
