BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's electronics and information industry raked in 258.1 billion yuan (34.1 billion U.S. dollars) in business takings in the first seven months of this year, up 18.7 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Information Industry.

The sector realized 497.7 billion yuan in value-added output (excluding that by software providers), up 18.1 percent.

Between January and July, the output of servers increased by 91.7 percent, LCD-TV sets by 76.4 percent and video recorders by 32.4 percent, becoming the top three among eletronics and IT products in terms of growth rate.

Meanwhile, the country produced 71.31 million personal computers in the seven months, up 31.5 percent, and 668,000 large-scale integrated circuit chips, up 9.2 percent.