There are a lot of studies which analyse the information economy and the information industry in the developed countries. But, a few in the developing countries. This paper tries to analyse the information economy and the information industry in Shanghai by the I/O method. Besed on the priciples about the division of information industries, we summarize information industries in Shanghai into 15 sectors. Besed on the division, we calculate and analyse the I/O table of Shanghai in 1987. Meanwhile, we compare Shanghai information industries with Japan information industries. We point out the characteristics of Shanghai information economy. Finally, we suggest some directions to which Shanghai information economy should be oriented.
