Based on the sales revenue of the information industry in 2005, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) estimates that this year the country's technology sales revenue will increase by 20% compared with the same period of last year.

According to MII statistics, China's IT industry achieved 2.48% more revenue in 2005 than in 2004, and the industrial value of the IT industry reached CNY900.4 billion, an increase of 28.2% from the previous year.

Computer and electronic components manufacturers were the major driving force of the industry.