Tom's emotion reached a
plateau and he sobered up.
汤姆的情绪稳定了，并且冷静下来了。
We have been herding cattle on the
plateau for generations.
我们世世代代在这高原上放牧。
The price has now reached a
plateau.
物价现已趋于平稳。
Vale said it believes China's steel demand will remain resilient and plateau at high levels supported by sound fundamentals in the long term, bringing massive opportunities to multinational mining companies such as itself, Chief Executive Eduardo Bartolomeo said.
淡水河谷首席执行官Eduardo Bartolomeo表示，淡水河谷表示，相信中国的钢铁需求将保持弹性，并在良好的基本面支撑下长期稳定在高水平，为像自己这样的跨国矿业公司带来巨大机遇。
A cross-country comparison suggests that China's demand for steel and iron ore may plateau and stay at decent levels in the next few years, a process that will also accelerate the global green transition, he added.
他补充道，一项跨国比较表明，中国对钢铁和铁矿石的需求可能在未来几年趋于平稳并保持在合理水平，这一过程也将加速全球绿色转型。
The A319neo comes with 130 to 150 seats, and is mainly designed for airports in ultra-high plateau regions.
A319neo配备130至150个座位，主要为超高高原地区的机场设计。
The A220 is designed for airports located in regular plateau areas and plains.
A220是为位于正常高原地区和平原的机场设计的。
"China is going to see a plateau, instead of a peak, of the aging society.
With a capacity of 78 to 90 seats and a range of 3,700 km, it can fly in alpine and plateau regions and adapt to varying airport conditions.
"Global demand for steel products has entered a plateau phase, and will develop in a stabilized trend.
A State-owned jet fuel provider has earmarked more than 1 billion yuan ($142 million) to subsidize its business in the Tibet autonomous region since 2007, part of efforts to draw more airlines to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by offering affordable fuel.
China has the largest number of plateau airports globally, and they are mainly located in western China, such as the Tibet autonomous region, as well as Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
"Those plateau airports require aircraft with good highland performances and a reasonable seat layout, to meet the demand of areas with high altitude and lower customer flows.
The tea leaves sitting deep in the pots come from an anti-poverty project supported by car maker Geely in Leishan county, a plateau mountain area in Southwest China's Guizhou province.
Spring in Southwest China's Yunnan province can be hot and the temperature has already climbed to 32 C. Even for someone who is fit, the plateau's weather can be unbearable, resulting in dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing.
The ARJ21 jetliner, with 78 to 90 seats and a range of 3,700 km, can fly in alpine and plateau regions.
"The ARJ21 aircraft has great performance under ultra-low temperatures and it is suitable for takeoff and landing at plateau airports in western China, which is in line with the requirements of the aviation market in Inner Mongolia," said Hao Yutao, chairman of Genghis Khan Airlines.
Most plateau airports globally are located in western China, and China is a great market with rich opportunities for the growth of the regional aviation sector," said Li Guijin, a professor at the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China.
Built on a sparsely populated plateau, 3,000 meters above sea level, the Delingha power plant occupies 2.46 square kilometers.
According to Wang Zhigang, managing director of the Delingha project, the solar power facility is located on a plateau with cold temperatures and low oxygen levels, and it is capable of producing 200 million kilowatt hours annually.
The locomotives are now in service on the Golmud-Lhasa Railway on western China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau, according to CRRC.
Chinese telecom firm Huawei will work with northwestern Qinghai province to build a big data park for the clean energy industry in the plateau region.
The Y-12 series, manufactured by AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Company Ltd, is a regional turboprop aircraft designed for passenger, cargo and emergency rescue flights in plateau or mountainous regions.
China's first tram that will be used on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau rolled off the production line Wednesday in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province.
In order to adapt to the plateau environment of Delingha at 3,000 meters above sea level, the tram is also equipped with specially designed electric system and cold-resistant materials.
The ARJ21-700 is the first jetliner made in China that is designed for flying in Western China, and it has proved that the aircraft is suitable for take-offs and landings at the plateau airports of Western China.
Registered in the plateau region in 1997, ChinaLin Securities mainly offers securities transaction and investment consultancy services, said the Tibetan branch of China's Securities Regulatory Commission.
"After the ARJ21 enters the mature period of operation, Chengdu Airlines will design more regional, tourism and plateau flights, which can better reflect the performance and branding of the ARJ21 and increase its market acceptability through various routes," said Zhang Fang, deputy general manager of Chengdu Airlines.
It conducted flight and aerial operation demonstrations in the coastal cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai, in South China's Guangdong province, and the plateau city of Lijiang, in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
So far, the plateau region has 15 companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong bourse.
While current economic indicators, such as a plateau in consumer sentiment and single-digit growth in retail sales, might suggest a tempering of expectations, the underlying dynamics of the market signal a future ripe with opportunity.
The investment projects focused on key industries in Yunnan, such as modern agriculture with plateau characteristics, green energy, advanced manufacturing, cultural tourism, and health care.
"As an international tourism city featuring plateau and ethnic characteristics, the development of Lhasa's nighttime economy will develop more possibilities, and the city's nighttime economy will see further growth. "
"Dimitri de Boer, regional director for Asia at the environmental law organization ClientEarth, highlighted the law on ecological conservation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was adopted by China's top legislature in April and is set to take effect in September, as "extremely important".
Qingjian, a county on the Loess Plateau, has grown jujube trees for more than 3,000 years, with the planting area now totaling 60,000 hectares.
"We conduct carbon monitoring throughout the industrial chain and have built a data-based system, and strive to build ecological organic farming and animal husbandry," said Wang, emphasizing the importance of green development to environmental protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Constructed by China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp Ltd (CR24), a unit of State-owned enterprise China Railway Construction Corp, the Zhongjiang-Suining Highway has a total length of 83 kilometers and a designated speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and functions as a key thoroughfare for vehicles coming in and out from the east Chengdu plateau.
With proven coal reserves of the Ordos Plateau standing at 210.2 billion metric tons, accounting for approximately one-sixth of the country's coal supply, Ordos has consistently been an important energy supply base in the country over the past few decades.
With deserts, semideserts, oases, grassland, wetland, mountains, glaciers and loess plateau, Gansu is one of the most geographically diverse provinces in northwestern China.
- On the vast plateau, one express delivery truck after another traveled through the Kunlun Mountains Pass at an altitude of more than 4,700 meters, heading to Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
In the first episode of the documentary, the director got on an express delivery truck and headed to the source of the Yangtze River on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for filming.
He recalled that 10 years ago, when he first arrived at the plateau for a documentary, he did not find a single express delivery truck.
According to the regional department of transport, Tibet has built or renovated rural roads totaling 38,200 km since 2016, bringing the total length of rural roads in the plateau region to more than 90,000 km by the end of 2021.
Noting the penetration rate of household appliances in China has hit a plateau, Zhao said more stimulus policies are needed to unleash consumer demand and promote consumption upgrades.
"As a main crop of the plateau region, the region's total barley output reached more than 110,000 tons in 2021, with an increase of 3.9 percent, ensuring its status as the region's main staple grain," Zheng said, adding the city also saw rapid growth in its imports, exports and foreign trade volume.
The Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway started up last year, linking Lhasa with Nyingchi and Lhokha and bringing the Fuxing bullet train series to the plateau region for the first time.
In the future, the aging population in China will reach a plateau and stay there for a long time after hitting a peak.
The Dongshan Tunnel, a landmark project in China's northwest, is the first plateau tunnel for builders of 70-year-old CTCE, said Chen Taiheng, Party secretary of the project department.
The project has also helped CTCE deepen its experience of applying its technology in the construction in plateau areas.
So far, the company's products, such as ceramic solar power heaters and the plateau heating bed system, can be found in high-altitude areas across all prefectural-level areas of the region, providing heating for more than 100,000 residents.
"The application of heating technology with clean energy is changing people's lives on the plateau," said Li Xiuwu, head of the regional department of housing and urban-rural development.
"Light" refers to solar energy, with an annual sunshine duration of 3,200 hours, making it the second-highest total radiation zone in the northwest region, after the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
In 2023, the plateau province witnessed its new energy power generation surpassing its hydropower generation for the first time, thereby becoming its largest power source.
Located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai is home to the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers and is known for its rich water, solar and wind power resources.
Last year, the plateau province also saw its new energy power generation surpass its hydropower generation for the first time, becoming its largest power source.
Located on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Qinghai is home to the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, and is an important clean energy production base in China that is known for its rich water, solar and wind power resources.
"A total of 34 new bridges and 20 new tunnels were built for the railway, covering more than 70 percent of the route, accumulating valuable experience in plateau railway construction," Zhang said.
Standing before a map, Long Zongming, chief designer of the Guiyang-Nanning High-speed Railway, told Xinhua the railway traverses the Yungui Plateau slope area with many mountains, an abundance of water, and many attractions.
According to State Grid Hangzhou Electric Power Supply Co, some of the green electricity utilized in the venues is photovoltaic energy transmitted from areas such as Qaidam Basin in Qinghai province, Jiayu Pass in Gansu province and the north-central China's Loess Plateau, while another is wind power generated in areas including the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
"The rapid development of China's urbanization process has reached a plateau.
When deployed on a plateau with an altitude of 4,500 meters, it will be able to carry passengers or supplies with a combined weight of 600 kilograms and travel 600 km.
"The helicopter will be especially useful when someone on a plateau needs assistance to transport personnel or cargo, conduct search and rescue, or provide medical aid in an efficient and rapid manner," Li said.
Compared with its competitors in the market, the new helicopter has big advantages in terms of carrying capacity, speed, operational radius and plateau performance, and boasts lower costs in purchase, operation and maintenance, he noted.
China's railway technology is ranked among the best in the world, particularly with its high-speed railways, plateau railways, railways in extremely cold climates and heavy-load railways.
Latest data show that proven coal reserves of the Ordos Plateau stand at 210.2 billion metric tons, accounting for approximately one-sixth of the country's supply, and proven natural gas reserves stand at nearly 5 trillion cubic meters, accounting for one-third, according to local authorities.
"With the proportion of people aged 65 and above growing continuously, aging population is expected to reach 30 percent of total population, and then will plateau for a long time.
Designed with a capacity of 78 to 90 seats and a range of 3,700 km, it can fly in alpine and plateau regions and adapt to varying airport conditions.
Besides, there are a lot of things to see in our homeland," said Liu, who decided to go on a trip to Qinghai province, famous for its scenic high-altitude plateau views.
The report said long-term demand is expected to continue to grow and the prevalence and preference for online shopping during COVID-19 will likely plateau and taper off, laying a solid foundation for quality brands and shopping destinations.
It can fly in alpine and plateau regions and is adaptive to various airport conditions.
Located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the province is home to headwaters of three major rivers: the Yellow, Yangtze and Lancang (Mekong).
China is the world's largest bicycle exporter with its output accounting for about half of the global total, though its export volume and unit price have reached a plateau, Chen Junbin, a research fellow at CITIC Securities, said in the report.
- Though summer has already begun, farmers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are still busy with their spring plowing of highland barley, a crucial staple for local residents.
Highland barley has a 3,500-year history of cultivation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and is widely planted in eastern Qinghai and the Tibetan-inhabited regions in the southern part of the province at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters.
Through the use of modern technologies and the promotion of the enterprises + bases + cooperatives + farmers, the traditional crop will be cultivated into a green industry on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, said Wang Yuhu, head of the provincial department of agriculture and rural affairs.
XINING－With winter arriving on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, its extreme cold doesn't seem to bother winter sports lovers heading to the mountains in Northwest China's Qinghai province for skiing and other wintertime activities.
Today, as China steps into the winter sports promotion fast lane, winter sports have become more popular in other parts of the country, including the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Under the oil cap pathway, oil consumption by the transportation sector is expected to peak between 2023 and 2025, and oil consumption in the petrochemical sector is expected to peak around 2035, and then to maintain a long plateau.
The opening of the new route is expected to bring more tourists from Hong Kong to the plateau region.
In late August, the ARJ21 aircraft undertook a three-day demonstration flight in Southwest China, to showcase its performance in plateau areas.
COMAC said the plateau market would become an important growth segment for the aircraft, as the model is suitable to fly in highland areas.
COMAC added its self-developed regional jetliner ARJ21 has good performance in plateau areas and high temperature conditions, with outstanding anti-crosswind capability.
It is capable of flying in alpine and plateau regions and can adapt to various airport conditions.
The ARJ21, China's first homebuilt regional passenger jetliner, is undertaking three-day demonstration flights in Southwest China, to showcase its performance in plateau areas and further explore market opportunities in the region.
The airports of Kunming, Lijiang, Lanzhou of Gansu province, and Xining of Qinghai province, account for more than 95 percent of the total traffic volume of plateau airports in China, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
The yak, a symbolic livestock of the Tibetan plateau, greatly supports the family income of rural residents all over the region and also comprises an entire industry.
Qinghai province, located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, dubbed the roof of the world, was approved as one of the six provincial-level regions to spearhead clean energy development last year by the National Energy Administration, together with Zhejiang, Sichuan, Gansu, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region and Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
As the second railway into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the Sichuan-Tibet railway will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world's most geologically active areas.
Just as any other youth who aspires to change the world, Li Yue volunteered to venture into an unprecedented enterprise -- starting an express delivery station in Taxkorgan, China's westernmost county on the Pamir Plateau.
Delingha, in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi, is located in the Qaidam Basin, China's highest basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, abundant in mineral resources.
Located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, dubbed the roof of the world, Qinghai has strong hydro and solar power capacity.
China has a large supply of lithium, but its deposits mainly exist in salt lakes which require complicated processes to extract, as well as in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which can also complicate extraction due to weather conditions.
The tour guide - which features abundant pictures and vivid narrations - allows readers to get familiar with Yushu in terms of its diverse intangible culture heritage, magnificent natural scenery and distinct plateau landscapes.
However, with an average height of 4,000 meters above sea level, the plateau region's ecological environment is vulnerable.
"After seven years of growth, sales were bound to reach a plateau.
- The first plateau 5G base station in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region started to provide 5G services on Thursday.
"Building a 5G base station on the plateau is a major challenge for constructors.
The ARJ21 aircraft has fully verified its takeoff and landing capability at super-high plateau airports, after taking a half-month of test flights and ground tests at Daocheng Yading Airport, which is located 4,411 meters above sea level.
The successful tests indicate that the operational range of the ARJ21 aircraft can cover all of the super-high plateau airports.
Thus, the aircraft model has built a solid foundation for its launch of more plateau routes in the future, said its manufacturer, Commercial Aircraft Corp of China.
China has the biggest number of high-altitude airports, including 19 super-high plateau airports, and they are mainly in western China.
Gong said the vehicle is not only applied in crop fields in North China where the land is flat but in the hilly or mountainous areas of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
The report said the number of customers and penetration rate of China's consumer finance industry have reached a plateau, while the increase in credit scale of existing clients will become a driving force bolstering the development of this sector.