hina's software and information technology sector sustained stable growth in the first four months of this year, with revenue from software-related business up 10.8 percent year on year. The sector's revenue amounted to 2.77 trillion yuan during the four-month period, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Further efforts will be needed in building a high-speed, ubiquitous, intelligent, and comprehensive digital information infrastructure that integrates space and ground, and the cloud and the internet. It should also be green, low-carbon, secure and controllable.