He is going to heighten the wall.
他打算把围墙加高。
Tom's interest
heightened.
汤姆的兴趣浓厚起来。
Many opportunities come from China's ongoing consumption upgrade; consumers' growing inclination toward personalization; and their heightened focus on brand value, sustainability and innovative business practices, said Raymond Cloosterman, Rituals’ founder and CEO.
许多机遇来自中国正在进行的消费升级；消费者越来越倾向于个性化；以及他们对品牌价值、可持续性和创新商业实践的高度关注，Rituals创始人兼首席执行官Raymond Cloosterman表示。
Amid China's efforts to spur domestic consumption, and consumers' growing attention to specialized sports, heightened health consciousness and a variety of urban fitness options, the sportswear market in China is "growing, broad and attractive", the International Trade Administration said in its market insight report.
国际贸易管理局在其市场洞察报告中表示，随着中国努力刺激国内消费，消费者越来越关注专业运动、提高健康意识和各种城市健身选择，中国的运动服市场正在“增长、广阔和有吸引力”。
Brustia also spoke highly of the country's heightened moves to attract foreign capital, widen market access and promote the further opening-up of modern service industries in recent years, all of which have created a better business environment for foreign companies like InterSystems to expand business in China.
布鲁斯蒂亚还高度评价了近年来中国加大吸引外资、扩大市场准入、促进现代服务业进一步对外开放力度，为InterSystems等外国公司在华拓展业务创造了更好的营商环境。
Thanks to the heightened attention that the expo brings us, we are able to introduce our innovative products in the Chinese market at an accelerated pace," said Alex Gu, senior vice-president of Medtronic.
美敦力高级副总裁Alex Gu表示：“得益于世博会给我们带来的高度关注，我们能够加快在中国市场推出我们的创新产品。
Airbnb formally launched its Chinese mainland business in 2016 but has withdrawn because the "domestic segment is costly and complex to operate" and "the COVID-19 pandemic worsened these issues and heightened their impact," the company said in a statement.
Airbnb在一份声明中表示，该公司于2016年正式推出中国大陆业务，但已退出，因为“国内业务运营成本高昂且复杂”，“新冠肺炎疫情加剧了这些问题，并加剧了其影响”。
The changing international situation has heightened the pressure on Huawei to stabilize itself, actively adjust its teams and continue to create value for its customers.
不断变化的国际形势加大了华为稳定自身、积极调整团队、继续为客户创造价值的压力。
The data-collection approach may be less effective than other means, and industry concerns providing the information are heightened "both by a lack of clarity about how this data will be used and who will have access to it, as well as by unclear messaging from the administration on these points," said the Information Technology Industry Council, which goes by ITI for short.
信息技术行业委员会（简称ITI）表示，数据收集方法可能不如其他方法有效，“由于对如何使用这些数据以及谁可以访问这些数据缺乏明确性，以及政府在这些方面传达的信息不明确”，提供信息的行业担忧加剧。
Trade tensions have resulted in reputational damage to US firms, lost sales, shifts in suppliers and heightened scrutiny from regulators in both the US and China, according to a news release from the USCBC.
Zijin's gold price increased by 22.97 percent to 365 yuan a ton from 2019 as investors hedged against risks heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the company's gold output picked up 4.58 percent year-on-year to 315 tons.
This heightened sensitivity to the environment in the COVID-19 era among consumers has pushed Procter & Gamble to redefine the purpose of its SK-II skin care brand.
The heightened energy production has helped ease the impact of the disease on China's economy, said Li Li, research director at energy consulting company ICIS China.
The documentary garnered heightened publicity in April 2019, after it was acquired by former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground as the company's first project, in partnership with Netflix.
Innovators in AI, e-commerce, New Retail and social media have performed strongly in recent years against a backdrop of heightened competition and disruption.
"Against a backdrop of heightened competition and disruption, building stronger brands is what it takes to stay in the game.
The academy thrives on the heightened interest of students and faculty in Huawei certified ICT associate courses, following the successfully Huawei ICT Competition that saw 40 universities in the country participate.
The latter, however, asked him to first deposit 50 million Australian dollars ($36.76 million) because chemical-free operations heighten planting risk.
The coastal city will strengthen cross-Straits cooperation and heighten relations with Belt and Road economies in the region, he said.
The arrival of the Uber-backed JUMP would heighten the competition among the companies that's brought 10,000 bikes, available for low-cost rental, scattered in nearly all corners of the city.
Xiang Ligang, a telecom veteran and CEO of the industry website Cctime, said it has become increasingly challenging for Chinese telecom companies to do business in the US amid heightened concerns over national security.
The Aleris deal was among a number of Chinese takeovers of US businesses that have come under heightened scrutiny during the Trump administration.
"The prospects of the company's Ashare listing are unclear, and information risks have heightened.
All the moves would mark TISCO's heightened efforts to expand into the international market, its chairman, Li Xiaobo, said in a written interview.
Yu said this year's heightened expectations for Lunar New Year festivities have spurred increased marketing initiatives aligned with diverse moments and needs.
Against the backdrop of heightened geopolitical tensions, global growth sluggishness and domestic economic transformation, the recently concluded Central Economic Work Conference called for efforts to pursue progress while ensuring stability, consolidating recovery through progress and "establishing the new before abolishing the old".
As 2023 draws to a close, heightened volatility characterizes stock markets, foreign exchanges, oil prices, among others.
In late October, World Bank experts warned in a report that the conflict in the Middle East has heightened geopolitical risks for commodity markets, given existing uncertainties in the global environment.
But they also said the price range does not preclude potential "sharp" price rallies or declines, with the heightened geopolitical risks one major trigger.
In the face of increasingly fierce competition, Wu called for heightened efforts to double down on indigenous innovation to make core technological breakthroughs in key fields and expand the industrial application scenarios of leading technologies.
"We believe intensifying expectations of major central banks ending their tightening cycle and starting to cut in the first half of 2024, as well as still heightened geopolitical tensions and strong central bank purchases, drove gold prices to a record high," said Roland Wang, CEO of the World Gold Council (China).
The sustained economic weakness in the US and geopolitical conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East have heightened global economic and political uncertainties, contributing to increased safe-haven demand and leading to heightened need for gold as a value-preserving asset.
Sharing similar views, Wei Jianguo, vice-chairman of the CCIEE, said that amid certain Western countries' heightened containment efforts (like export controls on high-end technologies, additional tariffs and manufacturing reshoring) to target China's industrial chains, the Chinese industrial community is increasingly vigilant about the challenges in this context.
"Zhao added that the number of manufacturers reporting heightened industry competition, high raw material costs and tight cash flow increased in September.
Nevertheless, Zhao Qinghe, an NBS statistician, said the recovery of the manufacturing sector still faces headwinds as the proportion of manufacturers reporting heightened industry competition, high raw material costs and tight cash flow increased in September.
"The evolving supply-demand dynamic is making power system operations more complex, with issues arising from intermittent new energy sources, insufficient system flexibility, and heightened difficulties in load control.
The accumulation of other factors — such as global debt burden, heightened financial market turbulence, food and energy shortages, disruptions in industrial and supply chains, and frequent climate disasters — have shown how multifaceted current global economic risks can be.
Indeed, this gap in supply and demand is expected to exacerbate as reporting becomes mandatory and investor expectations on ESG continue to heighten.
The countries in the region are already vulnerable to heightened tensions between China and the US, given their strong trade links with the two economies and their extensive integration in global value chains.
Going forward, greenfield investments in EV-related fields are likely to continue representing a substantial part of China's FDI in Europe despite heightened European scrutiny over Chinese investment, the report said.
He called for heightened efforts to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights to spur technological innovation, and optimize the business environment to attract capital and technology inflows.
Such a positive trend is expected to continue as policy support restores market confidence and encouraging signs indicate enterprises' heightened expectations, they added.
The report said that tightening global financial conditions has heightened financial stability risks, as evidenced by emerging banking sector vulnerabilities in the United States and Europe.
More cities to give residents easy access to goods, services within 15 minutes of homeChina has heightened its efforts to provide city residents easy access to a variety of services within a 15-minute walk from home.
Thanks to the enhanced coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks, China and Russia have also notably heightened the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union in recent years, said Xu Hongcai, deputy director of the China Association of Policy Science's Economic Policy Commission in Beijing.
Amid high inflation, aggressive monetary tightening and heightened uncertainties, the current downturn has slowed the pace of economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, threatening several countries -- both developed and developing -- with the prospects of recession in 2023, the report said.
In particular, packaged foods and household-related product sales saw growth during the first three quarters due to COVID-19-led stockpiling and heightened health and hygiene concerns.
Across the four sectors, packaged food and home care led the growth during the period due to epidemic-induced stockpiling and heightened health and hygiene concerns.
Among them, packaged food and home care took the lead in growth during the first three quarters due to COVID-19 led stockpiling and heightened health and hygiene concerns.
Reflecting global investors' heightened confidence in China's economic growth from the new measures, the onshore renminbi strengthened against the dollar for the second straight trading session on Monday, rising to about 7.03 on Monday afternoon, the strongest level since late September.
Liu, who is also a distinguished professor of Tongji University, said heightened efforts are needed to modernize the industrial system, develop the real economy, drive new industrialization, and expand institutional opening-up regarding rules, regulations, management and standards.
- During the National Day holiday in China, both online and offline shopping have gained momentum in the country, thanks to heightened consumer enthusiasm and the implementation of pro-consumption policies.
"Heightened efforts should be carried out to further implement a series of stimulus packages," said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank.
"Heightened efforts should be carried out to further implement a series of stimulus packages and follow-up measures, especially making full use of the policy-backed and developmental financial tools, and relending and financial discount policy for equipment renewal to bolster the domestic demand," said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank.
"During the event, WTO members showed they cherish economic globalization, overcoming geopolitical divergence heightened by the conflict in Ukraine and resorting to cooperation rather than confrontation to jointly-address global problems," said Tu Xinquan, dean of the China Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics and WTO Chair at the university.
On "520" or May 20, a special day for young lovebirds in China, the retail sector witnessed heightened consumer activity.
Li called for heightened efforts to ensure economic growth in the second quarter and bring down the unemployment rate, saying that government aid packages must be extended to all eligible businesses.
Yue Xiangyu, an analyst at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics' Institute for the Development of Chinese Economic Thought, spoke highly of China's heightened efforts to spur consumption, saying the local government's moves, including giving consumption coupons and subsidies, will help promote gradual recovery in consumption.
Premier Li Keqiang called on Wednesday for heightened efforts to ensure economic growth in the second quarter and bring down the unemployment rate, saying that the government's aid packages must be extended to all eligible businesses.
Wang Han, chief economist at the brokerage Industrial Securities, said the meeting signaled heightened efforts by the central government to shore up economic growth for this year, including steps to encourage local authorities to beef up measures to protect the economic fundamentals.
And now, heightened geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine have added to the economic turmoil.
Premier stresses need to stabilize job market, prices for key commoditiesPremier Li Keqiang has called for heightened steps to stabilize economic growth as he highlighted mounting uncertainties and challenges facing the economy as the nation grapples with its biggest COVID-19 challenge since the early days of the pandemic.
With the rise in geopolitical tensions and fluctuations in the global commodity markets, the convergence of multiple factors has heightened the downward pressure on the Chinese economy, Wang said.
Martin Raiser, the World Bank's country director for China, has highlighted the need for countries to work harder on providing debt relief to countries faced with unsustainable debts given the unprecedented economic pressures heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nation's January-October FDI reaches 943.15b yuan, up 17.8% year-on-yearPremier Li Keqiang pledged greater strides in opening up the Chinese market to foreign investors and heightened protection of intellectual property rights during an inspection trip to Shanghai on Monday and Tuesday.
He called for unrelenting epidemic prevention and containment measures and heightened steps to protect jobs, public wellbeing and market players.
Gao Anming, vice-president and editor-in-chief of China International Publishing Group, said that the pandemic has prevented face-to-face exchanges between people, and this has heightened the need to build and maintain cultural exchange platforms to boost understanding and prevent misconceptions.
"Our role was made even more crucial given the surge of misinformation, heightened fears and uncertainty amid the pandemic," he said.
The expo has attracted heightened attention from outside of Northeast Asia.
To cope with anticipated heightened pressure in the second half of this year due to increasing commodity prices, skyrocketing shipping costs and a fluctuating foreign exchange rate, Beifa Group, a leading stationery and office supplies manufacturer based in Ningbo, has adopted a strategy used by many other export-oriented companies.
Any scaling down of the US' QE program may rattle investor sentiment and heighten volatility in US stocks, which could reverberate to some extent in the domestic market, Wang said.
Yet experts noted the risk that rising commodity prices have heightened the cost pressure facing downstream manufacturers, especially smaller ones, which could impair future recovery in investment and consumption.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened in some economies and may cloud the global recovery, while rising international commodities prices have heightened the cost pressure on downstream enterprises.
US-China tension, if heightened and expanded from trade to technology, could raise concerns that global technology may become bifurcated, divided with adverse ramifications for the global economy, the economist said.
The resurgence of infections as well as heightened public attention ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival are "more likely to create a mere hiccup in economic recovery than a derailment," said the article published Wednesday.
China's consumption is gradually returning to normal levels with the restoration of consumer confidence, as policies further heightened market expectations for a rebound in consumption.
Apart from mitigating the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, Wang said China has firmly supported multilateralism, actively participated in global economic governance, effectively responded to economic and trade frictions with the United States and heightened business ties with many countries and regions in 2020.
- As China's first National Day holiday since the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic witnessed a heightened public willingness to travel, the potential of domestic demand continued to be unleashed, serving as an important force for sustaining the economic recovery.
Analysts attribute the record earnings to the heightened consumer fervor surrounding the "festive spirit" of the New Year celebrations.
Despite positive progress, China still faces challenges in decarbonization, including difficulties in consuming power generated from new energy sources, inadequacies in carbon footprint measurement systems, and heightened constraints from international carbon regulations, according to the report.
The growth is boosted by continual rises in disposable incomes, evolving consumer preferences and heightened quality expectations among Chinese consumers, said a report jointly released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, fashion magazine Vogue Business, and domestic high-end goose down clothing brand Guvet, in December.
A report from the Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China revealed that dampened demand in the global market due to a slowing economy, especially in the United States, whose consumption took up about 80 percent of the world's total, has heightened the supply-demand imbalance in China.
Du Jiang, vice-minister of culture and tourism, said the heightened desire for travel among residents this year had significantly propelled domestic tourism.
In the first four weeks of the third quarter, we saw a noteworthy increase of 5 percent in value, aided by a resurgence in consumer demand due to heightened holiday spending," said Bruno Lannes, a partner at Bain & Co, based in Shanghai.
He also emphasized the need for heightened attention to potential risks posed by extreme weather and other factors that could challenge the energy supply, adding timely preventive measures are crucial to addressing and mitigating these challenges.
They called for heightened efforts to enhance independent innovation capabilities and bolster the in-depth integration of cutting-edge digital technologies with the real economy, given that upgrading traditional industries has been high on China's development agenda.
Yan Yuejin, director of Shanghai-based E-house China Research and Development Institution, said the top-tier cities have seen heightened activity in both downtown and suburban areas as pre-owned homes for sale increased.
"This younger generation exhibits heightened awareness of health and wellness, gravitating towards cleaner and healthier raw materials and components," the report notes.
Meanwhile, efforts must be heightened to speed up research and development of new energy storage technologies and advance the digitalization of power grids, they added.
The heightened push to build a digital China and accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure will help the country achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology and foster a new competitive edge, said Wu Manqing, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Heightened efforts should be made to give full play to the role of leading enterprises to establish a UHD industrial ecosystem and build up differentiated video industry clusters with distinctive features across the nation, Zhao noted.
As 5G technology serves as a critical foundation supporting the development of artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing, heightened efforts should be made to explore application scenarios of 5G and empower the transformation of traditional industries, said Zhang Wang, deputy head of the informatization development bureau of the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Pan spoke highly of local governments' heightened efforts to develop the digital economy, which will boost the country's economic recovery, propel technological innovation and speed up enterprises' digital and intelligent upgrades.
Green demand, Europe's heightened buying due to energy crisis big factorsChina's exports of solar modules are expected to gain further momentum this year, buoyed by increasing global demand amid green energy transition as well as Europe's plan to cut energy imports from Russia, said industry analysts.
"The EU's heightened buying activity was spurred by energy security concerns and the acceleration of solar projects, although the market is limited by labor shortages for rooftop installations, which are permitted, and grid bottlenecks for large projects, he said.
A day before the World Cup kicked off, certain airlines saw heightened operations at Hamad International Airport in Doha.
Furthermore, heightened efforts are needed to propel the green and low-carbon transformation and upgrading of computing infrastructure, Zhang said at the conference.
"It is notable that the PMI for small manufacturers has dropped at a sharp slope, a trend that could heighten pressure for growth stabilization if it sustains," said Wen from China Minsheng Bank.
Under the pilot tax, the cost of owning properties will be heightened, which is unwelcome news for speculative investors with properties and high-end residential apartments in their investment portfolio.
With China taking more decisive and practical measures to help companies in their industrial upgrading processes and diversify their sales channels worldwide, Porsche Consulting GmbH, a German management consultancy, pledged to offer more services to heighten Chinese firms' innovation strength and resources allocation during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), said a senior executive of the company.
Chinese short video platforms are banking on the fast-growing mini drama series segment as tech-savvy youth spend more time watching online short videos during the COVID-19 pandemic and exhibit heightened demand for high-quality original content, industry experts said.
Hence, lactose-intolerant people, those allergic to dairy or formula milk, people on a diet, and some consumers with a heightened sense of animal protection tend to prefer plant-based milk.