A staff member works at the State Key Laboratory of Public Big Data at Guizhou University in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 27, 2022. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- China's internet sector saw steady growth in business revenue in the first five months of the year, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed.
The business revenue of major internet and related service enterprises came in at 585 billion yuan (about 87.49 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-May period, up 1.8 percent year on year, the ministry said.
The growth rate slowed down from a 2.7-percent increase registered in the first four months.
From January to May, these companies saw their total profits fall 14.8 percent year on year to 49.52 billion yuan, narrowing from a 25.4-percent decline logged in the first four months.
Research and development expenditure of these companies increased steadily from January to May, up 9.1 percent year on year.
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