In the first eight months of this year, China's export of electronic information products reached $276.37 billion, up 26.2 percent year on year, according to a report from the Ministry of Information Industry.

The export of electronic information products accounted for 36.1 percent of the country's total export during the period, and contributed 34.5 percent to national export growth, the report said.

Of the total export volume of electronic information products, $186.03 billion or 67.3 percent was achieved by foreign companies in China, up 27.3 percent year on year, while $45.55 billion or 16.5 percent belonged to Sino-foreign joint ventures, up 19.1 percent.

Statistics show that during the period China's total export and import volume of electronic information products was $490.16 billion, up 23.5 percent year on year. The import volume was $213.79 billion, up 20.1 percent and accounted for 35.4 percent of the country's total import.