SHANGHAI – The Eleventh Five-Year Plan for Software Industry Development released by China's Ministry of Information Industry states that the domestic sales of the country's software companies are expected to reach $143 billion in 2010, according to Xinhua.net.

The site also reports that exports for the industry will grow 28% annually to $1.6 billion by 2010. In addition, China will have 10 to 15 major software firms with annual sales of $1.3 billion.