During the opening ceremony of the 2010 Chinese Digital Publishing Conference on July 19, the Chinese Institution of Publishing Science released
The Annual Report on 2010 Chinese Digital Publishing Conference(hereinafter
the Report). According to
the Report, the revenue of digital publishing industry in 2009 reached 79.94 billion Yuan, an increased of 50.6% compared with 2008, and a rate which continues to rise
According to the Report, the annual income from digital journals was 600 million Yuan, e-books was 1.4 billion Yuan, digital newspapers (online) was 310 million Yuan, online games was 25.6 billion Yuan, online advertisements was 20.61 billion Yuan, and mobile publishing was 31.4 billion Yuan, including mobile music, mobile games, mobile cartoon, mobile reading. Online gaming, online advertisement, and mobile publishing were the first three forerunners in the digital publishing industry.