Chinese outsourcing service provider iSoftStone plans to double its staff numbers through acquisitions over the next year， in a sign of the Chinese industry's ambition to compete for business globally.

　　中國(guó)外包服務(wù)提供商軟通動(dòng)力（iSoftStone）計(jì)劃在未來(lái)一年內(nèi)通過(guò)并購(gòu)將員工人數(shù)增加一倍，這標(biāo)志著中國(guó)外包服務(wù)業(yè)參與全球競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的雄心。

　　“We have 7，000 employees now， but we plan to have at least double that number a year from now，” Liu Tianwen， chief executive， told the Financial Times.

　　軟通動(dòng)力首席執(zhí)行官劉天文向英國(guó)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》表示：“我們現(xiàn)在擁有7000名員工，但我們計(jì)劃在未來(lái)一年內(nèi)將這個(gè)數(shù)字至少翻一番。”

　　Mr Liu said the company would choose acquisition targets based on their potential to give the company access to new clients.

　　劉天文稱，公司將依據(jù)提供新客戶資源的潛力，來(lái)選擇并購(gòu)目標(biāo)。

　　His comments signal that the sector is nearing the level of consolidation analysts say is needed to challenge rivals in India， which lead by a wide margin in the global outsourcing business.

　　他的言論標(biāo)志著，中國(guó)外包服務(wù)業(yè)正日益接近分析師所稱挑戰(zhàn)印度同行所需的整合水平。印度在全球外包行業(yè)中遙遙領(lǐng)先。

　　McKinsey， the consultancy， said in a report earlier this year that Chinese outsourcers had the potential to grow into serious competitors to their Indian peers， but added that the industry in China was still too fragmented.

　　咨詢公司麥肯錫（McKinsey）在今年早些時(shí)候的一份報(bào)告中指出，中國(guó)外包企業(yè)有成長(zhǎng)為印度同行強(qiáng)勁競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的潛能，但補(bǔ)充稱中國(guó)的外包業(yè)依然過(guò)于分散。

　　Mr Liu said the industry was about to change. “Our top 10 players are all pretty much the same size，” he said. “There has to be consolidation.”

　　劉天文表示，這個(gè)行業(yè)即將發(fā)生變革。“我們這個(gè)行業(yè)的十大領(lǐng)軍企業(yè)規(guī)模相差無(wú)幾，”他表示。“必須進(jìn)行整合。”

　　China had more than 3，300 companies providing outsourcing services to multinationals last year， but the total contract volume was just $4.7bn， less than 10 per cent of global outsourcing revenues.

　　去年，中國(guó)為跨國(guó)企業(yè)提供外包服務(wù)的公司超過(guò)3300家，但合同總額僅為47億美元，還不到全球外包業(yè)收入的10%.

　　In March iSoftStone acquired two smaller rivals in southern China， Sidaronghe and MCDL-Frontline. The move brought iSoftStone new business from Huawei， the fast-growing telecom equipment maker.

　　今年3月，軟通動(dòng)力并購(gòu)了華南地區(qū)兩家規(guī)模較小的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手——四達(dá)榮合和環(huán)亞先鋒（MCDL-Frontline）。此舉讓軟通動(dòng)力從快速發(fā)展的中國(guó)電信設(shè)備制造商華為（Huawei）獲得新業(yè)務(wù)。

　　Neusoft， China's largest software maker， which is also among the country's top five outsourcing service providers， is similarly ambitious.

　　中國(guó)最大的軟件制造商?hào)|軟公司（Neusoft）同樣雄心勃勃，該公司也是中國(guó)五大外包服務(wù)供應(yīng)商之一。

　　Last month it acquired the mobile phone software development and testing business of Sesca， the Finland-based outsourcing firm， to give it a better base to target potential customers in Europe.

　　上個(gè)月，東軟并購(gòu)了芬蘭外包公司Sesca的手機(jī)軟件開(kāi)發(fā)測(cè)試業(yè)務(wù)，從而為吸引歐洲潛在客戶贏得一個(gè)更好的基地。

　　Last year iSoftStone had $89m in revenues. Neusoft had $543m， but less than $200m of that came from the outsourcing business. Other leading Chinese outsourcing providers include VanceInfo， Chinasoft and hiSoft.

　　去年軟通動(dòng)力的營(yíng)業(yè)收入達(dá)到8900萬(wàn)美元。東軟為5.43億美元，但其中僅有不到2億美元來(lái)自外包業(yè)務(wù)。中國(guó)其它主要外包服務(wù)供應(yīng)商包括文思信息技術(shù)有限公司（VanceInfo）、中軟國(guó)際（Chinasoft）和海輝軟件國(guó)際集團(tuán)（hiSoft）。