Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: China's Internet business revenue exceeded one trillion yuan in the first three quarters

　　China News Service, Beijing, October 31 (Reporter Liu Yuying) According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on the 31st, in the first three quarters, China's Internet and related service enterprises above designated size (hereinafter referred to as Internet companies) completed Internet business income of 10,998 billion (RMB, the same below).

　　According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first three quarters, the decline in China's Internet business revenue slowed down, the decline in total profits narrowed, and the scale of research and development expenditures accelerated.

　　According to statistics, in the first three quarters, China's Internet and related service enterprises above designated size completed Internet business revenue of 1,099.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.9%. .

　　In the first three quarters, the decline in total profits of China's Internet industry narrowed.

The operating costs of Internet enterprises above designated size increased by 3.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than that from January to August.

The total profit achieved was 96.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.3%, and the decline was 0.1 percentage points lower than that from January to August.

　　During the same period, the total investment in research and development funds of Internet enterprises above designated size in China accelerated to 56.6 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 0.4 percentage points from January to August.

　　In terms of different fields, the revenue growth rate of enterprises in the field of online sales has increased significantly. In the first three quarters, the Internet business revenue of companies mainly providing online sales services (including bulk commodities, agricultural and sideline products, comprehensive e-commerce, medical supplies, express delivery, etc.) increased by 15.3% year-on-year. , the growth rate increased by 7.3 percentage points from January to August.

At the same time, the decline in the income of enterprises in the field of life services narrowed, and the income of enterprises in the field of information services increased steadily.

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