According to the mid-year statistical report by China Copyright Protection Center, 10,800 pieces of software were registered in the first half of 2007. This routine report also features an inaugural province-by-province ranking.

The top 10 provinces based on number of software copyright registrations are Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, Sichuan and Tianjin, the Center's director Duan Guijian elaborates.  Beijing paces all provinces with 3,962 registrations, up 7.28% year on year and garnering 34.71% of the total; Guangdong, 1,365, up 9.73%, 11.96% of the total; Shanghai, 1,261, up 13.30%, 11.92% of the total.  The ranking shows all the top five provinces are better-off coastal ones.  Another finding is the positions are fundamentally consistent with the size and weight of the provinces' software industry.