中国IT外包：中国的五个新兴技术正在改变技术环境和IT产业外文原文.pdfVIP

IT Outsourcing in China: How China’s Five Emerging Drivers Are Changing the Technology Landscape and IT Industry By Sav io S. Chan, Senior Adv isor to The Outsourcing Institute Truth be told, researchers can use statistics to argue just about any point of view. Case in point: A recent study by McKinsey concluded that China’s IT outsourcing industry, often mentioned in the same breath as India’s these days, won’t pose a threat to its continental rival for many years. According to the study, “The Chinese must consolidate their highly fragmented industry to gain the size and expertise needed to capture large international projects.” We could not disagree more about the prediction. On the contrary, China is in a remarkable position to become an IT outsourcing superpower in less than five years’ time. Recent fundamental changes and trends also will accelerate the growth of the China IT services industry. Let’s take a look at the statistics. According to Gartner Dataquest, a U.S.-based research firm, IT services revenue in China is projected to reach $8.9 billion in 2006, a compound annual growth rate of 19.6 percent. Another report from IDC, also a U.S.-based researcher, states that China’s IT services market has grown nearly 42 percent a year since 1997. According to a J anuary 2005 report from Yu Guangzhou, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce in China, the Chinese software industry has developed rapidly, with an average annual growth rate of 30 percent for the past five years. Software exports have grown a whopping sevenfold during the past five years. In addition, sales revenue of China’s software industry increased from USD 7.16B in the year 2000 to USD 19.3B in 2003, while software exports increased from USD 0.25B to USD 2B in the same period. The McKinsey report also stated that 90 percent of China’s IT services work is done locally, and that it accounted for $6 billio