CHINA'S software industry revenue rose 30.7 percent year on year to 117.8 billion yuan (US$17.78 billion) in November, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said yesterday.

The November figure took the industry's revenue in the first 11 months of this year to 1.21 trillion yuan, up 30 percent over the same period last year.

According to the ministry, exports of software products in the first 11 months rose 26.9 percent year on year to US$21.3 billion.