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jimu news reporter li qing

correspondent wu di and hu jiaqi

on september 13, the 2024 (6th) wuhan software competitiveness top 100 enterprises release conference and the "software empowering digital economic development" seminar were held in wuchang.

jimu news reporter learned from the meeting that the entry threshold for this year's top 100 software companies is 170 million yuan, which is 21.43% higher than the previous year. statistics show that this year's top 100 companies have achieved a total software business income of 137.92 billion yuan, accounting for 45.7% of the industry's software revenue; the companies have achieved a total operating income of 269.95 billion yuan, a total profit of 7.68 billion yuan, and r&d investment of 16.16 billion yuan.

the event is hosted by wuhan software industry association, wuchang district economic and science bureau, and undertaken by shouyi science and technology investment.

49 companies from optics valley were shortlisted for the top 100, accounting for almost half of the total

the “top 100 software companies” uses enterprise software business revenue as the main indicator, while also taking into account indicators such as operating income, r&d investment, brand strength, profitability, and credit record.

this list includes both strong players who have been on the list for many years and rising stars who have just made the list. the changes in leading local software companies have witnessed the continuous upgrading of wuhan's "national software business card".

jimu news reporters found that the top 100 companies come from 12 districts in wuhan city. among them, a total of 49 companies from east lake high-tech zone were shortlisted for the top 100 software companies, almost accounting for half of the total; followed by hongshan district with 11 companies, wuchang district and jianghan district with 9 companies each. the trend of enterprise agglomeration has further strengthened.

among the top 100 companies, the number of companies in the information technology service field accounts for a relatively high proportion, with nearly 70% of them being in the information technology service field, with information technology service revenue reaching 110.1 billion yuan, accounting for 79.8% of software business revenue. the second largest sector is the software product field, with related revenue totaling 21.65 billion yuan, accounting for 15.7% of the total software business revenue; embedded system software revenue was 5.8 billion yuan; and information security revenue was 305 million yuan.

judging from the establishment time of the listed companies, companies with a longer establishment time have performed outstandingly. among them, there are 30 companies with an establishment time of more than 20 years, with an average revenue of 6.84 billion yuan, which has a significant leading role; companies established within 20 years have performed outstandingly, accounting for 70%; there are 37 companies with an establishment time of 10-20 years, the largest number; there are 13 companies established within 5 years, with a clear "younger" trend.

wen hui, secretary general of wuhan software industry association, introduced that the software business revenue of the top 100 companies in this year's list has a strong growth momentum, with a total software business revenue of 137.93 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.5%, accounting for 45.6% of the city's software and information technology service industry, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from the previous year, and is an important support for the development of wuhan's software industry.

among them, enterprises with revenue of more than 500 million yuan accounted for 54%, an increase of 22.7% over the previous session; there were 15 enterprises with revenue of more than 2 billion yuan, an increase of 5 over the previous session. the total profit of the 100 enterprises reached 7.68 billion yuan, and 82% of the enterprises achieved positive profits. there were 30 enterprises with profits of more than 50 million yuan, and 17 enterprises with profits of more than 100 million yuan.

in recent years, with the completion of a number of special software industrial parks, a large number of software and information technology service companies above a certain scale have come to wuhan to invest and develop. at present, wuhan has a large number of comprehensive software parks and special software parks, which not only provide a good development environment for enterprises, but also are an important force in promoting the high-quality development of the industry.

nearly half of the companies are conducting research on the next generation of artificial intelligence technology

software, as the cornerstone and engine of new quality productivity, is developing at an accelerated pace.

among the top 100 companies on the list this year, there are 50 provincial-level specialized, sophisticated and innovative enterprises, 4 more than last year; there are 16 national-level specialized, sophisticated and innovative "little giants" enterprises, and the innovation capabilities of enterprises continue to increase.

according to statistics, the total fixed asset investment of the top 100 companies reached 7 billion yuan, with a total r&d expenditure of 16.16 billion yuan. the average r&d investment intensity of the companies was 13.26%, which is higher than the average level of the city's software companies.

the revenue and total profit of wuhan's software industry have maintained rapid growth, and it has become a leading force in the development of the digital economy. at the same time, wuhan's software industry continues to open up new tracks, reconstruct the software ecosystem, empower the real economy, and accelerate the formation of new software productivity.

industry experts believe that software technology innovation represented by artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing is continuously promoting software technology research and development, business models, and industrial ecosystem changes, constantly generating new growth points, and driving software revenue to continue to increase. "it is foreseeable that in the future top 100 lists, the proportion of companies in the above fields will increase."

among the top 100 companies on the list this year, 46 companies are conducting research on new-generation artificial intelligence technologies, 36 companies' technologies involve big data and data element-related services, 28 companies are involved in cloud computing, and 16 companies are involved in internet of things and industrial internet-related technologies.

software is the soul of the new generation of information technology and the key support for building a strong manufacturing country, a strong cyber power and a digital china.

with the acceleration of digital transformation and the promotion of national policies, the demand for software and information technology services in various industries has increased significantly. the business areas of the top 100 companies this year cover six major industry fields, including communications, government affairs, finance, entertainment, transportation, and energy, accounting for 62%, providing strong support for the digital transformation of related industries. the characteristics of software defining and empowering thousands of industries are becoming more and more obvious.

wuhan is demonstrating the vigorous vitality of china's digital economy with its strong software industry capabilities.

25,300 new companies will be registered in the software industry in 2023

the annual software conference has been successfully held for five sessions and has become a weather vane leading the development of the software and information technology services industry.

software, as the core and soul of information technology, is the key support for the development of the digital economy.

a relevant person in charge from the institute of informatization and software industry of the china academy of information and communications technology of the ministry of industry and information technology believes that in recent years, the emergence of emerging software technology innovations represented by cloud computing, big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence, etc. has accelerated the transformation of software technology, models, and ecology, constantly created new business growth points, and the proportion of business driven by new technologies has continued to increase.

in terms of industrial structure, wuhan's dominant position in basic software, industrial software, embedded systems, remote sensing interpretation, geographic information and other fields has been further strengthened, the market size has been steadily improving, and a number of innovative products have continued to contribute to the independent innovation and development of my country's software technology.

in 2023, 25,300 new companies were registered in wuhan's software industry, a year-on-year increase of more than 80%, accounting for more than one-seventh of the total number of newly registered companies in the city. emerging software technology innovations represented by cloud computing, big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence, etc. have emerged one after another, becoming the most active area for innovation and entrepreneurship in wuhan.

among the 14 "famous chinese software cities" in the country, wuhan is the only one in the central region. in the fields of basic software, industrial software, beidou and geographic information, wuhan's independent innovation is at the forefront of the country.

at present, wuhan is actively implementing the national software development strategy and vigorously implementing the "five famous" software cultivation project of famous city, famous park, famous product, famous enterprise and famous person. the independent innovation and development of software is at the forefront of the country, and innovative results continue to emerge.

relevant officials from the wuchang district government stated at the meeting that wuchang district is actively seizing the opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, anchoring the new track of digital economy, taking the software service industry as the starting point, focusing on sub-sectors such as saas, artificial intelligence, and internet services, and vigorously "stabilizing the chain, supplementing the chain, strengthening the chain, and extending the chain" to create a software service characteristic cluster area to help wuhan build a "chinese software characteristic city."

in this year's top 100 list, 9 enterprises from wuchang district were shortlisted, a year-on-year increase of 125%. the number of shortlisted enterprises has achieved a leapfrog breakthrough and entered the top three in the city. the relevant person in charge of the district said that they will continue to implement the "yellow crane tower starry sky" plan, actively layout the "one valley, one corridor and multiple belts" digital innovation development space, take the software service industry as the starting point, strive for digital transformation, and lead the acceleration into the digital economy era.

(source: jimu news)

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