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2000 – 2001’s Annual Report for

China’s Software Market

(Abstract)


Viewpoint

1. The sales in the Chinese software market reached 23 billion Yuan in 2000, with the growth rate being 30.7%.

2. The foreign vendors occupy the majority share of the high-end operating system and database management system markets. However, the software developed by the domestic software companies has covered all levels ranging from platforms, middleware to applications.

3. Linux is increasingly favored by vendors and customers.

4. The network security market has been initiated.

5. The number of solutions related to the Internet are growing rapidly.

6. The overall software market will grow fast and its structure will change in 2001.

7. Under a good external environment for development, it’s urgent for the software vendors to improve the core competitive capability to accelerate development.

I. Overview of the Software Market Conditions

1. Economic conditions

a. International economic conditions

b. Domestic economic conditions

2. Industrial conditions

a. International industrial conditions

b. Domestic industrial conditions

3. Technical status

4. Policy conditions

5. Investment and financing environment

II. Overview of the Software Market in 2000

1.Total volume and its growth

2. Structure by brand

3. Market structure by product

4. Market structure by region

5. Industrial application market structure

Chapter Highlights

The software developed by the Chinese enterprises has covered all levels ranging from platforms, middleware to applications. For example, enterprise management software from KingDee Co. and middleware from Dongfangtong Science & Technology Co. held important positions.

III. Platform Software Market

1. Overview of the platform software market

a. Market scale

b. Market structure by product

c. Structure by sector

d. Structure by region

2. Database management system market

a. Market scale

b. Structure by product

c. Structure by sector

d. Linux market

Chapter Highlights

The platform software sales in the Chinese market reached 7.39 billion Yuan in 2000, accounting for 32.1% of the total sales in the software market. This chapter also analyzed the structure of China’s database management system market by product and sector, and the Linux products market in 2000.

IV. Middleware Market in 2000

1. Market overview

a. Market scale and structure by product

b. Structure by sector

2. Network security software market

a. Market scale

b. Market structure by product

c. Market structure by region

d. Market structure by industrial application

e. Personal consumer market structure

3. Middleware market

a. Market scale

b. Structure by sector

Chapter Highlights

The middleware sales in the Chinese market reached 920 million Yuan in 2000, accounting for 4.0% of the total sales in software market. This chapter also analyzed the market structure by product and region. The middleware vendors represented by Dongfangtong Science & Technologies Co. are growing rapidly.

V. Application Software Market in 2000

1. Market overview

a. Market scale and structure by product

b. Structure by region

c. Structure by sector

2. Management software market

a. Total volume and its growth

b. Market structure by product

c. Market structure by region

d. Structure by brand

e. Industrial application market structure

f. Market structure by distribution channel

3. Industrial application software

a. Market scale

b. Market structure by sector

c. Structure by region

Chapter Highlights

The application software sales in the Chinese software market reached 14.7 billion Yuan, accounting for 63.9% of the total sales in the software market. Among all the vendors, the operating result of KingDee Software Co. was outstanding in 2000. This chapter also analyzed the structure of the Chinese application market by brand, product and region in 2000.

VI. Analysis of the Software Market Supply and Demand in 2000

1. Demand analysis

a. Key factors determining the market demand

b. Users’ demand structure

2. Supply analysis

a. Market supply

b. Supply structure

Chapter Highlights

Both supply and demand in the Chinese software market are flourishing. The key factors affecting demand expansion include the implementation of the Online Project, Internet and e-commerce. The growth in supply mainly came from the increasing number of the software vendors and the construction of the software campuses.

VII. The Software Market Characteristics in 2000

1. Linux is increasingly favored by vendors and customers.

2. The network security market has been initiated.

3. The market demand for financial and management software is growing.

4. Industrial application software has become the hot spot of development in some large software companies.

5. The concept that software is a type of service has been accepted gradually and broadly.

6. The number of solutions related to the Internet are growing rapidly.

7. The prices of the software products feature polarization.

8. The software distribution channels tend to be diversified.

VIII. Analysis of the Key Factors Influencing the Software Market Development between 2001 and 2003

1. Macro economic situation

2. State policies related to the software industry

3. Modernization of traditional industries

4. Normalization of government and enterprises

5. Social capital investment

6. Family Online Project

7. Development of the Internet economy

Chapter Highlights

In 2001, the macro economic situation in China should maintain the optimistic trend of 2000.

IX. Main Development Trends of the Software Market between 2001 and 2003

Chapter Highlights

The overall software market will grow fast, while its structure will change substantially.

X. Quantitative Forecast of Software Market Development between 2001 and 2003

XI. Research on Software Market Development Strategy between 2001 and 2003

Chapter Highlights

The development of the national economy and the 18th Document issued by the State Council should create a good external environment for the Chinese software industry.

Data

Figure 1   A sketch map of Chinese software market growth

between 1994 and 2000

Data Source: CCID