Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., India's biggest exporter of software by sales, plans to more than triple its work force in China in the next three years as part of efforts to capitalize on the country's rapid urbanization, TCS Asia Pacific Chairman Girija Pande said.

　　印度塔塔咨询服务公司（Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.）的亚太区董事长潘德（Girija Pande）说，该公司计划未来三年内将在中国的员工人数增加两倍以上，这是该公司从中国快速的城市化进程中获益的一项努力。以销售额衡量，塔塔咨询是印度最大的软件出口商。

　　Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services, or TCS, entered the Chinese market in 2002 and plans to boost its staff in China to 5000 to 6000 from the 1500 at joint-venture company TCS China, Mr. Pande said in an interview Tuesday.

　　总部位于孟买的塔塔咨询于2002年进入中国市场， 潘德本周二在接受采访时说，该公司计划将在华合资企业塔塔信息技术(中国)股份有限公司（TCS China，简称TCS中国）的员工从目前的1500人增加到5000至6000人。

　　TCS China, a joint venture formed in 2005 with subsidiaries of China's top economic planning agency, has five offices in the country and aims to expand into providing IT frameworks for local governments to support their urban development and expansion plans to create “intelligent cities,” Mr. Pande said, adding its first two projects are slated to kick off in port cities Ningbo and Guangzhou in the next 18-24 months.

　　潘德说，TCS中国是塔塔咨询在2005年与中国国家发展和改革委员会的下属机构组建的合资企业，它在中国有五个代表处，计划将在华业务扩展到向地方政府提供信息技术（IT）框架，以支持后者旨在创造“智能城市”的城市开发和扩张计划。潘德还说，该公司的头两个这类项目定于未来18-24个月内在港口城市宁波和广州启动。

　　Mr. Pande said China is clearly urbanizing at a faster pace compared to India, Indonesia and Vietnam, and mayors here want to improve urban management and deliver integrated public services.

　　潘德说，中国显然在以快于印度、印尼和越南的速度经历着城市化，中国的市长们想改进城市管理、提供集成化的公共服务。

　　“Forget the big towns--even in small towns like Lanzhou in Gansu province, people are aware of the need to have strong IT backbone to deliver services; health services, education, transportation, utilities for instance,” Mr. Pande said. “Chinese mayors want to create new cities that are sustainable, smarter and intelligent.”

　　潘德说，不要说大城市，就是在甘肃兰州一类的小城市，人们也意识到需要有强大的IT主干网来传送各种服务：比如医疗、教育、交通和公用事业方面的服务。他说，中国的市长们想创造可持续发展的、更聪明和智能的新城市。

　　TCS China is also in talks with the local governments in Tianjin, Chongqing, Dalian and Chengdu, he added.

　　潘德还说，TCS中国也在与天津、重庆、大连和成都等城市洽谈这类业务。

　　Previously, TCS China, in which the National Development and Reform Commission holds a 25% stake, focused on serving multinational customers and domestic banks in China.

　　国家发改委持有TCS中国25%的股份，该公司以往的业务重点是为跨国公司客户和中国国内的银行服务。

　　Mr. Pande noted that the yuan has been appreciating more rapidly in recent weeks and added that the IT industry in China will be impacted by a stronger domestic currency.

　　潘德指出，人民币最近几周的升值速度进一步加快，人民币走强将对中国的IT产业产生影响。

　　“The yuan has held quite steady till up to now...and in the long term, it will be stronger. We have to be ready for that,” Mr. Pande said, adding that it remains too early to say that TCS China will see any material impact from the yuan's recent strength.

　　他说，到目前为止，人民币汇率一直很稳定......从长远看，人民币将会走强，我们必须为此做好准备。他还说，现在说人民币近期的走强将对TCS中国产生实质性影响还为时尚早。

　　The yuan has gained around 0.6% against the U.S. dollar since Aug. 9, after the central bank set a series of record-low dollar/yuan reference rates to signal its determination to let its currency strengthen. In June 2010, China effectively ended its currency's two-year-long peg to the dollar, and the yuan has risen 7.0% against the U.S. dollar since then.

　　自8月9日以来，人民币兑美元已升值了0.6%，在此过程中中国央行不断将它设置的美元兑人民币参考汇率调至历史新低，以显示央行让人民币走强的决心。2010年10月，中国事实上终止了此前两年让人民币汇率与美元挂钩的做法，自那以来人民币兑美元升值了7.0%。

　　“It certainly impacts our margins,” Mr. Pande said, without providing further details.

　　潘德说，这肯定会对我们的利润率产生影响，但他没有进一步详述。