China-Singapore Jingwei, June 30 According to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to May, Internet business revenue maintained growth, the decline in total profits narrowed, and research and development expenses increased steadily.
Overall operation
Internet business revenue maintained growth. From January to May, my country's Internet and related service companies above designated size (hereinafter referred to as Internet companies) achieved Internet business revenue of 585 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%, and the growth rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than that from January to April.
Cumulative growth of Internet business revenue (%) Image source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website
Total profit decline narrowed. From January to May, the operating costs of my country's Internet companies above designated size increased by 5.7% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 1.3 percentage points from January to April. The total profit achieved was 49.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14.8%, and the decline was 10.6 percentage points narrower than that from January to April.
R&D funding scale has increased steadily. From January to May, my country's Internet companies above designated size invested a total of 31.12 billion yuan in research and development, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%, and the growth rate dropped 1.3 percentage points from January to April.
Operation situation by field
The revenue growth of enterprises in the information service field has accelerated. From January to May, the business revenue of enterprises focusing on information services (including news information, search, social networking, games, music videos, etc.) increased by 9.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2 and 0.9 higher than the first quarter and January to April respectively. percentage points, which is 7.3 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of the entire industry.
The decline in income of enterprises in the field of life services expanded. From January to May, the business revenue of platform companies that mainly provide life services (including local life, car rental, tourism, financial services, automobiles, housing, etc.) fell by 20.6% year-on-year, a decline higher than that in the first quarter and January to April. They expanded by 3.2 and 0.4 percentage points respectively in the previous month.
Internet data service revenue maintained rapid growth. From January to May, the revenue of Internet data services (including cloud services, big data services, etc.) was 70.11 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%. The growth rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than that from January to April, and was 28.9 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of the entire industry. .
Operation situation by region
Internet business revenue in the eastern region has accelerated, with outstanding growth in the northeastern region. From January to May, the eastern region completed Internet business revenue of 532.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. The growth rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than that from January to April, accounting for 91.1% of the national Internet business revenue. In the central region, completed Internet business revenue of 20.24 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 13.9%, and the decline expanded by 0.4 percentage points from January to April. The western region completed Internet business revenue of 29.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 15.7%. The Northeast region completed Internet business revenue of 2.49 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%, and the growth rate increased by 0.1 percentage point from January to April.
The development trends of major provinces are divided. From January to May, Beijing (up 11.1%), Guangdong (down 0.1%), Shanghai (up 10.8%), Zhejiang (down 0.2%) and Tianjin (down 33%), which ranked among the top five in terms of cumulative Internet business revenue, completed Business revenue was 500.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%, accounting for 85.6% of the national share. There are 14 provinces and cities nationwide that have achieved positive growth in Internet business revenue, 3 less than in April. Among them, Hubei, Tibet, and Liaoning have a growth rate of more than 50%, while Tianjin, Henan, and Yunnan have a decrease of more than 30%.
The development of mobile applications (APPs) in my country
The total number of mobile applications (APPs) has increased slightly. As of the end of May, the number of APPs monitored in my country's domestic market was 2.32 million, with a net increase of 10,000 in May. The number of mobile application developers reached 1.017 million, a net decrease of 16,000 in May; the cumulative downloads of applications on third-party application stores reached 2,154.3 billion times, a net increase of 37.9 billion times in May. (China-Singapore Jingwei APP)
