商業部稱，明年將加快并購評估申請以促進交易增加。

商務部反壟斷局局長尚明稱，全球經濟疲軟直接影響各公司的發展，促使它們通過兼并收購來提高銷量。

他還指出,跨國公司在中國迅速擴張的計劃也促使并購案例越來越多。

請看相關英文報道：

The assessment of merger and acquisition (M&A) proposals will be fast-tracked to facilitate an increase in deals next year, the Ministry of Commerce said.

Shang Ming, director of the ministry's anti-monopoly bureau, said the sluggish global economy had slowed down outright expansion by companies and pushed them to boost sales by M&As.

Plans by global companies to expand quickly in China have also contributed to the increasing number of M&A cases, Shang said.

分析：

在上述報道中，"merger and acquisition"就是“并購”的意思，縮寫為M&A。"merger"是指“合并”而"acquisition"則是“收購”。“兼并”指兩家或者更多的獨立企業，公司合并組成一家企業，通常由一家占優勢的公司吸收一家或者多家公司。“收購”指一家企業用現金或者有價證券購買另一家企業的股票或者資產，以獲得對該企業的全部資產或者某項資產的所有權，或對該企業的控制權。二者一般合稱“并購”。

下面介紹一些與之相關的英文說法：

economic restructuring 經濟改組

listed company 上市公司

horizontal integration (國家間經濟關系的)橫向合并

horizontal competition 同行競爭

parent company 母公司

subsidiary company 子公司

joint venture 聯合投資

例句：

There are rumours of an impending merger.

有謠傳說是快要合并了。

If another acquisition opportunity comes up we would certainly not rule it out.

如果有其它收購機會出現，我們肯定會考慮。

These merger and acquisition (M&A) activities are mainly limited within the same industries and few of the M&A deals are cross-industries.

這些兼并主要局限于同一行業內部，很少有跨行業兼并。