While supply chain challenges still linger, many business executives expressed their long-term confidence in China, believing the COVID-19 pandemic will not affect their commitment to long-term development in the country.

尽管供应链挑战仍然存在，但许多企业高管表达了他们对中国的长期信心，认为新冠肺炎疫情不会影响他们对中国长期发展的承诺。

Even though the supply and demand imbalance and bottlenecks still linger, the company saw its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization surge to $4 billion in the first quarter, compared with $1.5 billion during the same period last year.

Samsung said uncertainties from the COVID-19 would linger in the fourth quarter in addition to rising costs during the year-end peak season.

"But his influence will linger for a significant period of time. "

Ten years later, questions such as whether the US financial sector is truly out of the woods and whether the world’s economies can coordinate an effective global response should another financial calamity strike amid rising protectionism still linger.

The slump in the property sector continued to linger, while sentiment on the stock market appeared to be lukewarm, with the Shanghai Composite Index ending last year's trading below the key 3,000-point benchmark.

The pressures still linger in the services sector as the reading for employment fell into the contraction zone for the first time since February and prices charged by services grew at a slower pace, the report stated.

As weakening external demand and sluggishness in the global economy may linger for a while, dampening China's exports, the role of consumption as the major driver of the country's economic growth will be better harnessed.

Risks also linger regarding geopolitical tensions, supply chain fragmentation and interest rate rises in the United States.

Economists have warned that a potential global economic recession is looming as tighter financial conditions weigh on demand while geopolitical tensions linger.

"In our baseline, we assume China's industrial production and export activity will return closer to normality in Q3, while the impact of COVID restrictions on consumption is likely to linger longer," he added.

Looking ahead, experts warned the COVID-19 pandemic could allow elevated inflation to linger in Western countries if it further disrupts supply chains, and other factors including rising commodity prices may also worsen the situation.

Liu from the bureau said the foundation of recovery is "not yet solid", as industries such as offline services have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, adding that difficulties remain for small businesses while employment pressures linger.

Moreover, global uncertainties in pandemic control and economic recovery linger, reducing the necessity for China to set a GDP growth target as well, Kang added.

But the EU's scrutiny of Chinese investment may linger and even tighten across some sensitive sectors, such as key infrastructure and advanced high-tech manufacturing, said Wang from Freshfields.

Experts said it would be advisable for Beijing to pursue policy sustainability as major uncertainties linger, such as the risk of a resurgence of the pandemic, rising waves of de-globalization and domestic structural problems.

Analyzing the December PMI readings, Wen Bin, chief analyst at China Minsheng Bank, said in a co-authored research note that the Chinese economy has rebounded steadily, but challenges still linger for future recovery.

But structural pressures linger as the unemployment rate among those aged 16 to 24 came in at 21.3 percent in June, according to the latest data.

"Pu'er tea in this village has an overbearing bitter taste, but the bitterness does not linger and a certain sweetness comes back soon," said Zeng Tieqiao, deputy director of the Tea and Green Food Industry Development Center in the county, who is also a tea expert.

Since high oil prices are expected to linger, the country's advantage in renewable energy development will become increasingly prominent, he said.

The move is part of a broader push by China to stabilize supply and industry chains amid the resurgence of COVID-19, experts said, adding that challenges such as logistics difficulties may linger and it will take time for companies to see full recovery.

Customers said it usually takes at least a half-hour wait to get a drink, and tea fans tend to linger on premises after ordering.

But concerns linger, with nearly half of respondents to consultancy iiMedia's survey attributing homogeneity of content and lack of practicality as the dual culprits capping both user growth and payment willingness for these platforms.

Strong monthly growth is likely to be sustained through the year as COVID-19 fears linger and consumers become more accustomed to the convenience of online shopping, it predicted.

Anxiety tends to prevail as uncertainties in the macro environment linger, and talk shows as such manage to appease and address such anxieties, Sun noted.

One concern continued to linger in my mind.

Fiat Chrysler owner Stellantis warned the pain could linger far into the year.

"Goller said the novel coronavirus epidemic had disrupted the country's car production and sales during the past several weeks and the impact on the industry is likely to linger through the first half of the year.

Porsche has seen a sales drop in China like all carmakers due to the novel coronavirus, and a senior executive at the German premium carmaker expects the epidemic's impact to linger on to May.

Tesla's strong second-quarter deliveries assuaged doubts about demand for the Model 3, but concerns linger, especially since a federal tax credit was cut by half on July 1 and expires at the end of the year.

The downward trend will linger in the first half of the year until July or August, when the market may see a recovery, Xu Haidong, assistant to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers' secretary-general, told the newspaper.

com,believes that the South Carolina plant may give Volvo some cover should the trade dispute linger or intensify.

However, its spillover effects, transmitted via financial markets, may still linger among financial institutions.

As of 3 pm on Tuesday, the benchmark WTI crude shed 0.8 percent to linger around $67 per barrel, despite the fact that it managed to show a V-shape bounce to close 1.3 percent higher on Monday.

It is worth noting that the very issue should not be deemed as a short-term problem, and according to our research, inflation will probably linger above 3 percent until next spring.

As the impact of COVID-19 continues to linger, I believe the country's deficit to GDP ratio this year will still be slightly higher than regular years," Zhou said.

While uncertainties may still linger in the short term as investors are eagerly waiting for more policy details and are digesting the possible outcomes for affected industries, in the mid to long term, sophisticated international investors would still view China as an attractive investment destination and a hunting ground for equities that could generate relatively high returns, experts said.

"In the near term, investors tend to be risk-averse as uncertainties still linger.

Structural and institutional problems still linger in the domestic economy, it said.

Analysts, however, noted that the new methodology has retained the practice that the weighting of stocks is determined based on their total capitalization, instead of free-float market value, making the index's overweighting in traditional sectors such as banks linger.

In the first four months, tax income contracted by 14.5 percent on a yearly basis and the weakness may linger in the coming months.

Li said that China has explored new ways of living, working and investing amid the pandemic and has already adapted to such a "new normal" even if the contagion may still linger for some time.

The third channel for short-term shocks to linger is via the possible swift deleveraging in the stock market.

While China will likely see slower growth and uncertainties as China-United States trade negotiations still linger, global investors remain upbeat about prospects of the A-share market and the possibility of gaining sound equity returns in the coming year.

A hot debate is underway whether the market is near the bottom or if the bearish sentiment will linger.

Global investors may need to consider how to weather intensified market volatility, which could linger due to US-China trade tensions, analysts said.

If the trade stalemate and concerns of global growth prospects linger, world stock markets may face downside pressure, said Lukman Otunuga, a market researcher at FXTM, an international foreign exchange platform.

Market volatility may still linger as risks — such as major central bank policy changes, geopolitical uncertainties and power shifts — exist in the second half of the year, the firm said.

"While Belt and Road construction is in full swing, concerns about investment risks also linger mainly due to regional political and economic instability.