Chinanews.com, November 30. The website of the Ministry of Electronics, Industry and Information Technology announced on the 30th the operation of the Internet and related service industries from January to October 2022. From January to October, the decline in Internet business revenue narrowed, the decline in total profits expanded, and the scale of research and development expenditures resumed double digits. number growth.

  In terms of overall operation, the decline in business income narrowed.

From January to October, my country's Internet and related service enterprises above designated size 1 (hereinafter referred to as Internet enterprises) completed Internet business revenue of 1,223.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%, and the decline rate narrowed by 0.1 percentage points compared with the previous three quarters.

  The decline in total profit expanded.

From January to October, the operating costs of Internet enterprises above designated size in my country increased by 3.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.6 percentage points compared with the previous three quarters.

The total profit was 111.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.1%, and the decline rate was 2.8 percentage points higher than that of the first three quarters.

  R&D spending returned to double-digit growth.

From January to October, my country's Internet companies above designated size invested a total of 63.67 billion yuan in research and development funds, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%, and the growth rate increased by 1.6 percentage points compared with the previous three quarters.

  In terms of operation by field

  (1) The revenue growth of enterprises in the field of information services slowed down.

From January to October, the Internet business revenue of information service-oriented enterprises (including news, search, social networking, games, music videos, etc.) increased by 4.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 1.8 percentage points compared with the first three quarters.

  (2) The decline in the income of enterprises in the field of life services continued to narrow.

From January to October, the Internet business revenue of platform companies that mainly provide life services (including local life, car rental, travel, financial services, automobiles, housing and housing, etc.) fell by 17.8% year-on-year, and the decline rate narrowed compared with the first three quarters 1.7 percentage points.

  (3) The income of enterprises in the field of online sales maintained rapid growth.

From January to October, the Internet business revenue of enterprises that mainly provide online sales services (including bulk commodities, agricultural and sideline products, comprehensive e-commerce, medical supplies, express delivery, etc.) increased by 16.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 1.0 percentage points compared with the first three quarters.

(China New Finance and Economics)