This IDC study presents the market dynamics and development trends in the China IT market by providing a market sizing for 2005 and five-year forecast for 2006-2010. It examines the market from the horizontal, vertical, and technological dimensions. The key market drivers and inhibitors that are likely to have a strong impact on the development of the market over the next five years are also analyzed. This study provides invaluable information to assist in the decision making of both IT vendors and resellers wishing to penetrate this promising but rather undeveloped marketplace. This study also addresses the following issues key to successful business operations in China, such as:

• What is the current size of China's IT market?
• How fast will the market grow over the next five years?
• How is the market segmented in terms of region and industry?
• What are the major market opportunities in the next five years?
• What are the major challenges for IT vendors and distributors, and what are the possible solutions?

"Do not treat China as a single market. The imbalanced development across regions, products, industries, and urban and rural centers creates both opportunities and challenges for IT vendors and distributors. Whoever can realize these differences and find business opportunities among them will win the future China market. All kinds of strategies should be specified according to the characteristics of each segment," says Laura Yu, analyst, Cross-Product Research, IDC China.

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
  • Executive Summary
• Situation Overview
  • Overall IT Market
  • Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Revenue Share by Country, 2005
    • IT Market by Industry
    • Figure: China IT Revenue Share by Vertical Industry, 2005
    • IT Market by Region
    • Figure: China IT Revenue Share by Region, 2005
    • IT Market by Product Type
    • Figure: China IT Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005
  • Hardware Market
  • Figure: China Hardware Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005
    • Systems
      • Servers
      • Figure: China Server Revenue Share by Size Band, 2005
      • PCs
      • Figure: China PC Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005
  • Networking Equipment Market
  • Figure: China Networking Equipment Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005
    • LAN Hardware
    • Figure: China LAN Hardware Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005
  • Packaged Software Market
  • Figure: China Software Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005
  • IT Services Market
  • Figure: China IT Service Revenue Share by Service Type, 2005
• Future Outlook
  • Overall IT Market
  • Forecast and Assumptions
  • Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for China IT, 2006-2010
  • Figure: China IT Revenue, 2005-2010
  • Table: China IT Revenue by ProductType, 2005-2010 (US$M)
  • Table: China IT Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Table: China IT Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Revenue by Country, 2005-2010
  • Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Revenue by Country, 2005-2010 (US$M)
  • Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Revenue Share by Country, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Revenue Growth by Country, 2005-2010 (%)
    • IT Market by Vertical Industry
    • Figure: China IT Revenue by Vertical Industry, 2005-2010
    • Table: China IT Revenue by Vertical Industry, 2005-2010 (US$M)
    • Table: China IT Revenue Share by Vertical Industry, 2005-2010 (%)
    • Table: China IT Revenue Growth by Vertical Industry, 2005-2010 (%)
    • IT Market by Region
    • Figure: China IT Revenue by Region, 2005-2010
    • Table: China IT Revenue by Region, 2005-2010 (US$M)
    • Table: China IT Revenue Share by Region, 2005-2010 (%)
    • Table: China IT Revenue Growth by Region, 2005-2010 (%)
    • IT Market by Product Type
    • Figure: China IT Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010
    • Table: China IT Revenue by Product, 2005-2010 (US$M)
    • Table: China IT Revenue Share by ProductType, 2005-2010 (%)
    • Table: China IT Revenue Growth by ProductType, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Hardware Market
  • Figure: China Hardware Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010
  • Table: China Hardware Revenue by ProductType, 2005-2010 (US$M)
  • Table: China Hardware Revenue Share by ProductType, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Table: China Hardware Revenue Growth by ProductType, 2005-2010 (%)
    • Systems
      • Servers
      • Figure: China Server Revenue Growth by Size Band, 2005-2010
      • Table: China Server Revenue by Size Band, 2005-2010 (US$M)
      • Table: China Server Revenue Share by Size Band, 2005-2010 (%)
      • Table: China Server Revenue Growth by Size Band, 2005-2010 (%)
      • PCs
      • Figure: China PC Revenue by Product Type, 2005-2010
      • Table: China PC Revenue by Product Type, 2005-2010 (US$M)
      • Table: China PC Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
      • Table: China PC Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Networking Equipment Market
  • Figure: China Networking Hardware Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010
  • Table: China Networking Equipment Revenue by Product Type, 2005-2010 (US$M)
  • Table: China Networking Equipment Revenue Share by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Table: China Networking Equipment Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
    • LAN Hardware
    • Figure: China LAN Hardware Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010
    • Table: China LAN Hardware Revenue by ProductType, 2005-2010 (US$M)
    • Table: China LAN Hardware RevenueShare byProductType, 2005-2010 (%)
    • Table: China LAN Hardware Revenue Growth by ProductType, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Packaged Software Market
  • Figure: China Packaged Software Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010
  • Table: China Packaged Software RevenuebyProduct Type, 2005-2010 (US$M)
  • Table: China Packaged Software RevenueShare byProduct Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Table: China Packaged Software Revenue Growth by Product Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • IT Services Market
  • Figure: China IT Services Revenue Growth by Service Type, 2005-2010
  • Table: China IT Services Revenue by Service Type, 2005-2010 (US$M)
  • Table: China IT Services Revenue Share by Service Type, 2005-2010 (%)
  • Table: China IT Services Revenue Growth by Service Type, 2005-2010 (%)
• Essential Guidance
  • Recommendations for IT Vendors
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Definitions
    • China Geographies
    • China Industries
  • Synopsis