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CHINA DAILY 中国日报 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013 2013年2月22日 business商业版 17 XI’AN IN TRANSFORMATION 蜕变中的西安 City provides big advantages for companies and workers 一座充满商机和就业机会的城市 High level of human capital, low cost of living put Xian on the business map 高端的人力资本、低廉的生活成本让西安立足商业蓝图 By ED ZHANG in Xian edzhang@ 张晓刚（ED ZHANG），西安报道，edzhang@ YUAN JINGZHI / FOR CHINA DAILY YUAN JINGZHI/中国日报 Students at Xi an Jiaotong University celebrate at their graduation ceremony. Xi an ranks third in higher-education resources, behind only Beijing and Shanghai. Many of the universities are strong in engineering disciplines. 西安交通大学学生正在庆祝他们的毕业典礼。西安在高等教育资源上排名第三，仅次于北京和上海。西安很多高校的工科实力强劲。 John Zhang became frustrated as his North American client suggested he recruit 700 more workers. They said we could even hire up to 1, 000, he said. But we just cant.” 张总的北美客户建议他再招700名员工，他有些沮丧。“客户认为我们甚至可以招将近1,000人，”他说，“但其实我们招不到那么多。” Zhang is president of New Choice Ltd, a privately owned company in the Xi an Hi-Tech Zone that works with US companies that outsource IT services. 招聘 张总是新长澍软件有限公司（New Choice Ltd）的总经理，这是一家位于西安高新区的民营公司，专门承接美国公司的IT服务外包业务。 It’s not like adding one desk here and another there. It is an operation demanding input from up to 60,000 people. Even with all the resources available in Asia, it still cannot be outsourced completely, he said. “这不是加一两把椅子的事情。这项业务需投入的员工可达60,000名。就算把全亚洲的资源都用上，也未必能承接完所有的外包业务，”他说。 I can get a bigger share of the pie if I’m confident I can. But look, he said, pointing to the company’s main office, filled with spectacled young workers staring at their computer screens. “This is all we got. I don’t have space anymore. The whole software park (a section of the XHTZ) has run out of office space. “如果有足够的信心增加人力投入的话，我就能获得更大的市场份额。但你看看，”张总指着公司的大办公室说，“我们到极限了，已经没有任何空间了。整个软件园（西安高新区的一部分）也没有多余的办公空间了。”张总公司的大办公室里坐满了戴着眼镜紧盯着电脑屏幕的年轻员工。 As Zhang was enjoying his business growth, exporters in coastal cities were complaining about their low margins and screaming for governme