Houston is known as the Space City of Texas.
休斯顿被称为德克萨斯州的太空城。
NASA's Johnson Space Center is located in
Houston.
美国国家航空航天局的约翰逊航天中心位于休斯顿。
The Astrodome, once a prominent sports venue, is in
Houston.
阿斯特罗戴姆，曾是重要的体育场馆，位于休斯顿。
Rice University is one of the top-tier educational institutions in
Houston.
莱斯大学是休斯顿顶级教育机构之一。
The
Houston Rockets are a popular NBA basketball team.
休斯顿火箭队是一支受欢迎的NBA篮球队。
The
Houston Museum of Natural Science is a must-visit attraction.
休斯顿自然科学博物馆是必去的旅游景点。
During the annual Mardi Gras,
Houston hosts lively parades.
在一年一度的狂欢节期间，休斯顿会举办热闹的游行活动。
Galveston Island, a nearby beach destination, is accessible from
Houston.
加尔维斯顿岛，附近的海滩度假胜地，可从休斯顿抵达。
The
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is a major event every March.
休斯顿牲畜展览和牛仔竞技会在每年三月举行。
Houston has a diverse and bustling food scene, with many international cuisines.
休斯顿拥有丰富多样的美食，汇集了各种国际风味。
The company's products have been used in construction work in the Texas oil basin, on interstate highways in Florida and for laying pipes in Houston's oil-production area.
该公司的产品已用于德克萨斯州石油盆地的建筑工程、佛罗里达州的州际公路以及休斯顿石油产区的管道铺设。
The launching ceremony was held simultaneously in the city, Beijing and Houston.
启动仪式在北京市、休斯敦市同时举行。
Apart from running a new healthcare research hub in Houston, Texas, to develop the next-generation nonsurgical automated laboratory processes with collaborative robots and automation technologies for medical laboratories and hospitals, medical logistics and warehousing, ABB has cooperated with hospitals in Shanghai to create a flexible pharmacy automation system to enhance its inpatient pharmacy.
Politically sensitive remarks by Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets' general manager, deeply offended Chinese fans.
Zhejiang Hailiang Co Ltd recently announced plans to invest $165 million to build a copper tube factory in Sealy, Texas, a small city west of Houston.
Worley expects the hires will come from both Sealy and neighboring Houston.
Jensen Shen, director for Asia, Australia and Oceania at the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP), said they have been emphasizing the development and diversity of Houston's economy.
This economic diversity will help Houston's economy continue to grow successfully," said Shen.
Over time, JLABS sites have been set up in San Diego, San Francisco, Boston, Lowell, Houston, Toronto, Beerse, Belgium, New York City and Washington DC, nurturing over 540 companies.
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is committed to strengthen international technology interchange and collaboration to be more competitive in the global market, a Chinese energy industry insider said Tuesday in Houston, Texas, the United States.
Zhou Jianliang, deputy general manager of CNOOC Sci&Tech Development Dept, made the remarks at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) that kicked off in Houston on Monday.
OTC, the world's largest annual oil and gas trade show, is held in Houston from Monday through Thursday.
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The company's corporate office in Houston, Texas employs about 60 people, and the St. James Parish complex employs about 30 people, Yao said.
"United has Polaris lounges in Chicago and San Francisco and expects to open others in Houston and Los Angeles this year.
The flight is expected to be launched in March 2018, and includes a technical stopover in Houston, the US state of Texas.
"We view our partnership as an important symbol of growing US-China collaboration," said Terrell when addressing the luncheon organized by the Chinese Consulate General in Houston.
"A healthy and robust China-US relationship will benefit not only the Chinese and American people, but also the world peace, stability and prosperity," Chinese Consul General in Houston Li Qiangmin said at the luncheon.
The subsidiary of Sinopec, China's leading oil company, recently filed a lawsuit in a Houston federal court against PDVSA over unpaid bills.
HOUSTON — The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) on Tuesday opened a business center in this US city, the first one of a Chinese bank in the southern United States.
The new branch will serve Houston, as well as other places across the southern United States, ICBC Senior Executive Vice President Hao Hu said at the opening ceremony.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said at the same event the ICBC serves to connect the Texas market with China and increase cooperation between Houston and Chinese financial institutions.
As Hurricane Harvey struck southeast Texas, the heart of US oil and gas industry, and knocked out almost a quarter of the entire US refining capacity, operations of Chinese oil companies in the area have barely been affected, senior executives of the companies have said.
As soon as PICA moved its headquarters from New Jersey to Houston in 2013 to plant a firmer footing in the "Oil capital" in North America, the company established an emergency response plan to cope with extreme weathers in the great Houston area, according to Zhang.
However, when the hurricane brought heavy flooding in Houston in the following days and evacuations were mandatory in many areas, ERT required each operation team of the company set up a critical team to make sure one or two key members in the team could be reached 24 hours a day.
In the worst case scenarios, for example, if telephone, electricity or internet in Houston were completely shut down, the company had a plan to move key members and their family to other cities to consume working immediately, said Zhang.
Meanwhile, other Chinese oil companies in the Houston area were also running smoothly during the hurricane, among which was OOGC America LLC, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp. Jiang Qing, President of OOGC America LLC, told Xinhua in an interview that before Harvey came, the company moved some of its business to its regional headquarters in Calgary, Canada.
In 2013, Loctek built its first overseas warehouse in San Francisco and then expanded its footprint to Memphis and Houston in the United States.
The company's products have been used in construction work in the Texas oil basin and on the interstate highway in Florida and for laying pipes in Houston's oil-production area.
Li Qiangmin, former consul general of China based in Houston, took a rosy view of prospects of energy cooperation between China and the United States.
- US crude oil imports and exports both decreased during the week ending Sept 11, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.
美国能源情报署星期三说，截至9月11号的那一周，美国原油的进口和出口都下降了。
- The proved reserves of crude oil in the United States increased 19.5 percent, or 6.4 billion barrels, to 39.2 billion barrels at year-end 2017, setting a new record high, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday.
The number of active drilling rigs in the United States increased by 13 to 1,057, or 108 more than this time last year, according to the weekly data released by Baker Hughes on Friday.
Matthew Smith, the director of commodity research at ClipperData in Houston, Texas, told Xinhua that "crude has continued on a gradual bearish path lower in the last week, weighed down by trade war concerns.
China plays a key role in electric vehicle (EV) development but there is no sign of large scale replacements of conventional vehicles in the near future, analysts have said at the five-day IHS Markit's CERAWeek in Houston, the US state of Texas.
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) forecast a 60-percent increase in the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) in China, which already accounts for the lion's share of EVs worldwide.
At CERAWeek, an annual energy conference organized by US business company IHS Markit in Houston, Texas, SGCC's Executive Vice President Wang Min said there were 3.2 million EVs around the world by the end of last year.
[Photo/Xinhua]HOUSTON - Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD, the world's largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, Tuesday delivered its first all-electric bus to the City of Albuquerque in New Mexico, the United States, according to a press release.
The move, pending regulatory review, will help clients to manage currency risk amid China's economic recovery, said Paul Houston, global head of FX products at CME Group, stressing that offshore RMB has become a core part of global foreign exchange trading.
On another, they can block trading for clients who might prefer the OTC-style of trading but stand to benefit from the efficiencies of a centrally cleared product, explained Houston.
""Offshore Renminbi has become a core part of global FX trading and we're delighted to offer these options contracts to help clients manage currency risk as China resets its economy during this period of reopening," said Paul Houston, global head of FX Products, CME Group.
Apart from bringing the experiences of exchanges from all over the world, JP Morgan will work actively to help companies float on the BSE and obtain refinancing, said Houston Huang, CEO and head of investment banking at JP Morgan Securities (China) Co Ltd.
- US firms in the financial sector in January registered a contraction in business activity, the first such monthly decline in over four years, according to the US Sector PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) released by the IHS Markit on Thursday.
Dan Houston, chairman and CEO of global financial investment management company Principal Financial Group, said earlier he has great confidence in the nation's huge pension market, and the challenges for the company in developing its business in China include persuading employers to adopt enterprise annuities and making Chinese people comfortable about using the sector's products to invest for the long term.
"Jon Taylor, professor of political science of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, said China has signaled its willingness to return to the negotiation table.
Daniel Houston, chairman and CEO of Principal Financial Group, said his company had signed a strategic cooperation agreement with CCB for a potential pension partnership in China and the two sides would assess what role the Iowa-based company would play.
"We have great confidence in the nation's huge pension market, and we remain optimistic that we can evolve the memorandum of understanding into a more meaningful long-term relationship," said Houston, adding that they are considering a second joint venture with CCB Pension Management Co Ltd. CCB and the National Council for Social Security Fund set up the nation's first professional pension management company－CCB Pension Management Co Ltd－in 2015, in which CCB holds 85 percent of the stock, with SSF holding the balance.
CEO Daniel Houston said the challenges for the Principal Financial Group to develop its business in China included the need to persuade employers to adopt enterprise annuities, making Chinese people comfortable about using the sector's products to invest for the long term, and forming a good working relationship with the industry regulators.