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.

　　中國外包服務提供商軟通動力（iSoftStone）計劃在未來一年內通過并購將員工人數增加一倍，這標志著中國外包服務業參與全球競爭的雄心。

　　“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.

　　軟通動力首席執行官劉天文向英國《金融時報》表示：“我們現在擁有7000名員工，但我們計劃在未來一年內將這個數字至少翻一番。”

　　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，公司將依據提供新客戶資源的潛力，來選擇并購目標。

　　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.

　　他的言論標志著，中國外包服務業正日益接近分析師所稱挑戰印度同行所需的整合水平。印度在全球外包行業中遙遙領先。

　　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）在今年早些時候的一份報告中指出，中國外包企業有成長為印度同行強勁競爭對手的潛能，但補充稱中國的外包業依然過于分散。

　　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，這個行業即將發生變革。“我們這個行業的十大領軍企業規模相差無幾，”他表示。“必須進行整合。”

　　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，中國為跨國企業提供外包服務的公司超過3300家，但合同總額僅為47億美元，還不到全球外包業收入的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，軟通動力并購了華南地區兩家規模較小的競爭對手——四達榮合和環亞先鋒（MCDL-Frontline）。此舉讓軟通動力從快速發展的中國電信設備制造商華為（Huawei）獲得新業務。

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

　　中國最大的軟件制造商東軟公司（Neusoft）同樣雄心勃勃，該公司也是中國五大外包服務供應商之一。

　　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.

　　上個月，東軟并購了芬蘭外包公司Sesca的手機軟件開發測試業務，從而為吸引歐洲潛在客戶贏得一個更好的基地。

　　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.

　　去年軟通動力的營業收入達到8900萬美元。東軟為5.43億美元，但其中僅有不到2億美元來自外包業務。中國其它主要外包服務供應商包括文思信息技術有限公司（VanceInfo）、中軟國際（Chinasoft）和海輝軟件國際集團（hiSoft）。