With rapid growth of global IT industry,and supported by the central and local governments,China' s software industry develops rapidly.Nevertheless,it still stands at an elementary stage of growth.There are diffi-culties and obstacles existing on its way of development.Based on the data obtained from a detailed investigation of129software enterprises in Shaanxi province,the paper analyzes the sta tus of financing structure of softwa re en-terprises and the causes of their formation,and provides a basis for more studies on software industry in Chin a.