Mary was chosen in
preference to her sister.
玛丽被选中了，而不是她妹妹。
Eric expressed his
preference for the quarantine over the strike.
埃里克表示赞成实行海上隔离，而不主张袭击。
Comvita, a New Zealand-based producer of Manuka honey, will ramp up efforts to tap into Chinese customers' rising preference for natural products, buoyed by the country's robust recovery in consumer spending, its top executive said.
总部位于新西兰的麦卢卡蜂蜜生产商康维塔公司高管表示，受中国消费者支出强劲复苏的提振，该公司将加大力度，利用中国消费者对天然产品日益增长的偏好。
Chinese consumers, especially in top-tier cities such as Shanghai, prefer elegantly styled watches, while in smaller cities, the consumer preference is more traditional, Grainger-Herr said.
Grainger Herr说，中国消费者，尤其是上海等一线城市的消费者，更喜欢风格优雅的手表，而在较小的城市，消费者的偏好更传统。
"We are focused on growing Unilever's ice cream business both globally and in China, with continuous innovation being the key to driving brand preference with consumers," Close said during an interview with the media on Thursday.
克洛斯在周四接受媒体采访时表示：“我们专注于发展联合利华在全球和中国的冰淇淋业务，持续创新是推动消费者品牌偏好的关键。”。
"One prominent trend that has been observed globally, not just in China, is the increasing preference among younger consumers for lower-alcohol beverages.
“不仅在中国，在全球范围内观察到的一个突出趋势是，年轻消费者越来越喜欢低度饮料。
As Chinese consumers have shown a strong preference for low ABV drinks and mixable spirits, coupled with their high level of digital savvy, the executive said it is essential to adopt a consumer-centric approach and embrace digital transformation to effectively capture this opportunity.
由于中国消费者对低ABV饮料和可混合烈酒表现出强烈的偏好，再加上他们对数字的高度理解，这位高管表示，采取以消费者为中心的方法并接受数字化转型以有效抓住这一机会至关重要。
Highlighting China's massive market and diversified consumer preference, as well as the tangible growth of the Healthy China 2030 initiative, Zhang Yongjun, deputy chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing, said the Chinese market continues to hold immense appeal for multinational corporations, prompting them to introduce new market promotional strategies and engage in corporate social responsibility activities.
位于北京的中国国际经济交流中心副首席经济学家张勇军强调了中国庞大的市场和多样化的消费者偏好，以及“健康中国2030”倡议的实际增长，促使他们引入新的市场推广策略，并参与企业社会责任活动。
In the past few years, as people's preference for healthy food changed, and disposable incomes grew, berries became an increasingly popular ingredient in cooking.
在过去的几年里，随着人们对健康食品的偏好发生了变化，可支配收入增加，浆果成为烹饪中越来越受欢迎的食材。
On top of changes in consumer preference, changes in consumer purchasing habits in recent years, with online shopping becoming one of the primary methods of purchase also posed challenges for the jewelry industry.
除了消费者偏好的变化外，近年来消费者购买习惯的变化，在线购物成为主要购买方式之一，也给珠宝行业带来了挑战。
China is the largest importer of New Zealand red meat, demonstrating its preference for New Zealand as a country of origin for the product category," Limmer said.
中国是新西兰红肉的最大进口国，这表明中国更喜欢新西兰作为该产品类别的原产国。”Limmer说。
According to Wang, consumer preference for products differs significantly by geography and culture.
王表示，消费者对产品的偏好因地域和文化的不同而有显著差异。
But McDonald remains optimistic, saying the pandemic has been a catalyst in shifting consumer preference and an accelerant to change.
但麦当劳仍持乐观态度，称疫情是消费者偏好转变的催化剂，也是变革的加速器。
She found that many affluent counties and villages in eastern provinces, in particular Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, have a growing preference for adopting low-carbon lifestyles and advanced water treatment services.
她发现，东部省份的许多富裕县和村庄，特别是浙江和江苏省，越来越倾向于采用低碳生活方式和先进的水处理服务。
"This, alongside continuing education from media and brands about sustainability, means that products with environmentally friendly elements will gain more preference among consumers, which will likely inspire the beauty industry to integrate sustainability into brand strategy, and focus more on products with 'nature' and 'healthy' concepts," he said.
他说：“这一点，加上媒体和品牌对可持续性的持续教育，意味着具有环保元素的产品将在消费者中获得更多偏好，这可能会激励美容行业将可持续性纳入品牌战略，并更多地关注具有‘自然’和‘健康’概念的产品。”。
In his proposal, Li argued that China should spend more efforts on and give more policy preference to the production of methanol-powered vehicles, which are cleaner than gasoline models.
李在提案中认为，中国应该加大力度，对甲醇动力汽车的生产给予更多政策优惠，因为甲醇动力汽车比汽油车型更清洁。
It is worth noting the US-China trade war, which started in 2018, has not altered the preference of US MNCs much, the Citi report said.
花旗的报告称，值得注意的是，始于2018年的美中贸易战并没有改变美国跨国公司的偏好。
Generation Z, a typical consumer group consisting of youngsters born from 1995 to 2009, are relatively well-off, more likely to pay more for emotional preference and active on social networks.
Z世代是一个典型的消费群体，由1995年至2009年出生的年轻人组成，他们相对富裕，更有可能为情感偏好支付更多的费用，并活跃在社交网络上。
"Local consumers' clear preference for and trust in our products has reinforced Yili's confidence about our long-term investment and development in Indonesia," said Pan Gang, chairman and president of Yili Group, in a virtual speech delivered at the ceremony.
伊利集团董事长兼总裁潘刚在仪式上发表的虚拟演讲中表示：“当地消费者对我们产品的明确偏好和信任，增强了伊利对我们在印尼长期投资和发展的信心。”。
Noticing the young drink-driving trend and locking on young people's preference, Budweiser China led its popular Harbin Beer brand to co-launch its first-ever street-style smart drinking short film starring brand ambassador Lay Zhang this year.
注意到年轻人的酒后驾车趋势，锁定年轻人的喜好，百威中国今年带领其广受欢迎的哈尔滨啤酒品牌联合推出了首个街头风格的智能饮酒短片，由品牌大使张磊主演。
It focuses on pan-Asian market holding mergers and acquisitions, with a particular preference for investing in industry leaders.
它专注于泛亚市场控股的并购，特别倾向于投资于行业领导者。
CAR Inc is the largest car rental enterprise in China in terms of fleet size, revenue and brand recognition, which is just in line with MBK Partners' investment preference.
就车队规模、收入和品牌知名度而言，CAR公司是中国最大的汽车租赁企业，这正符合MBK Partners的投资偏好。
As health awareness rises in the country, the preference for healthy and nutritious food has become a key source of growth, said consultancy Mintel.
咨询公司英敏特表示，随着该国健康意识的提高，对健康营养食品的偏好已成为增长的关键来源。
This is because 33 percent of all buyers surveyed by the company desire a seller-free sales experience－a preference that climbs to 44 percent for millennials.
Matt was quoted by CNBC as saying that at least the companies that he engaged with, he didn't think their view or preference for China really ever waned that significantly.
Green Monday's focus on mock pork products correlates with local consumers' preference as 65 percent of the meat consumed in China is pork.
"On the one hand, Chinese consumers are showing more preference for products with high cost.
"Yet the entire process includes more than mobile ordering and payment-it also involves the intelligence of supply chain, flexible manufacturing based on customer preference, and smart marketing.
Countries having close economic and trade ties with China, with strong remote prevention and control requirements, and no record of exports of COVID-19 cases to China will receive preference in this context, said Xiong Jie, spokesman of the CAAC.
Disney English, the immersive training business for children of the Walt Disney Company, has decided not to reopen its operations at its 26 learning centers and to cease offering offline classes in the country as there's increasing preference for online education amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
With the ongoing consumption upgrade in China, consumers are showing a preference for high-quality, intelligent and personalized products.
The number of outbound leisure travelers from China has been on a rapid growth path with diversified requirements, Cefolia said, and the group shares a common preference — they want to be served in a style familiar to them.
Users from emerging markets such as India, Indonesia, Russia and Brazil show special preference for Kingsoft's software products.
Overseas buyers have continued to show a preference for the jacket this winter, spurring the company to raise the price from under $100 to nearly $140.
"The shift of consumer preference from goods to services, especially experiential services, continues to grow, particularly in the international travel sector," Wong said.
they care about their individuality and have strong preference for using smart home appliances to make their lives easier and healthier.
Such efforts coincide with a survey underlying an increasing preference for healthy and environmentally friendly products by Chinese consumers, as the local market for fast-moving products maintained a robust momentum despite slower economic growth.
Jan Craps, CEO and president for AB InBev's Asia-Pacific region, said the company has found in China a consumer preference for premium products, an important trend across most consumer goods, including beer.
"Based on our customers' preference, we will introduce premium brands' first flag shop in the country or even in Asia," said Shirley Lam, general manager, China Commercial Property of Hongkong Land, adding Dior's new concept store in Asia will open in WF CENTRAL soon.
Millennials, as well as entrepreneurs from tech companies and startup company owners, are expected to show a preference for their products, as is the case in other markets like the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
A Hurun Report on whiskey consumption in China published in 2018 showed whiskey enjoyed a consecutive growth of more than 20 percent in "consumer preference" in 2016 and 2017.
However, better-off Chinese consumers have a strong preference for premium cosmetics products, according to a survey from HSBC Global Research.
We see a robust market there owing to Chinese mothers' preference for safer and more premium baby formulas, the consumption upgrade and the universal second-child policy, that have helped to adopt and grow this new category and lead a new trend," he said.
"People have a natural preference to seek novelty, gossip and emotional things and these things are easier to get clicks and spread.
Because Chinese customers are accustomed to making reservations and shopping via mobile phones, Hyatt has focused on reaching out to customers through messages on the mobile internet, after analyzing their income, ages and travel preference.
The group also says it plans to one day go public, with Hong Kong being the preference.
By synchronizing with a smartphone app, the ceramic mug can keep coffee or tea at an exact temperature according to the user's preference.
"According to Newzoo, a global consultancy in games, esports and the mobile market, Razer is currently the No 1 gamer lifestyle brand, gaming device brand and esports brand in China in terms of both awareness and preference.
"Our smart service looks to tailor-make the best shoe for customers according to their preference in color, style and materials," said Zhou.
Some service operators that promoted or highlighted such controversial videos claimed they did not do it intentionally, but relied on algorithms, which analyzed preference and popularity data, regardless of the content.
The platform also offered sales data and customer preference information to the brands so that customized products, such as eel-stuffed rice dumplings from Wufangzhai, were later sold online.
The company neglected the cultural diversity in consumers' preference and the market peak period.
He said that there was a preference for certain imported products, with strong evidence that consumers value high-quality products.
Similarly, financial research firm Gordon Haskett said in a recent survey that apart from music, books, movies and small appliances, consumers showed a preference for in-store purchases, especially for experienced-based categories such as groceries, household, health and beauty, pets and automotive products.
For instance, China's luxury sedan market has some peculiarities of its own, like the preference for more legroom and spacious backseats.
com, whose preference for building its own distribution network more closely mirrors Amazon's, is also rumored to be in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Indonesian online marketplace Tokopedia.
"This preference has led to the cultivation of new blueberry varieties tailored to the domestic market," said Yao, who has been working in blueberry business for five years.
The report said that around 22 percent of surveyed male workers wish to get a new job in the automobile manufacturing industry, while only 13.4 percent of surveyed females had that preference.
The Chinese market has shown a growing preference for Turkish home appliances in recent years.
Chinese consumers' preference for shopping locally at convenience stores and smaller supermarkets was driven by the necessity of safety and predictability during the COVID-19 outbreak and this has lingered even post-pandemic, Yu said.
The government will ramp up spending on preschool education and give greater preference to rural and ethnic minority areas, according to the meeting.
Yuan used increasingly in preference to US currency for trade settlementsEconomies across the world are exploring the use of convenient currencies other than the United States dollar for trading.
Crop harvesting machinery, prefabricated or mobile construction, and snack food machinery products were the most searched products by the US buyers; Indian buyers were keen on mobile phones, sportswear and smartwatches; Slaughtering equipment, snack food machinery were the preference of Brazilian buyers.
Our users showed a higher preference for overseas destinations," he added.
"He added that the preference among young job seekers for stable positions has also created a chasm between expectations and reality, further impacting the unemployment rate.
The NDRC said the money will actively serve and support the establishment of development strategies for major regions, with a preference for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, while taking into consideration balanced development between regions.
"It features legal tax preference and investment," she added.
The Double 11 shopping festival this year has seen new changes in terms of channel preference and consumer categories, according to the latest study by NielsenIQ.
Compared to the general job application map, those born after 1995 showed preference to more developed cities or city clusters.
The key reason behind China's low consumption rate, in addition to the two more traditional ones of Chinese people's frugality and a preference for investment, is the large income gap among residents.
Prominent structural changes have also taken place, reflecting a stronger consumer preference for better services and trading up.
"We currently operate more than 23 hotels in the Chinese capital and look forward to further expanding our portfolio, in order to offer unique and personalized services for travelers with changing spending preference," he said.
"Yu Miaojie, deputy dean of the National School of Development at Peking University, noted three major changes now taking place－the shifting priorities from efficiency to safety in supply chains, the preference for regional cooperation and the accelerated application of new technologies.
When making decisions regarding horizontally differentiated products, it often boils down to the customer's personal preference, which is based on the motives of self-expression and having a good time.
Domestic financial institutions also need to further strengthen research and analysis, pay attention to the needs of young people and other groups at different life-cycle stages, fully consider the capital characteristics and risk preference of pension, improve professional investment ability, highlight pension characteristics, innovate and develop targeted financial products, and set the duration of products through reasonable allocation of asset categories.
Specifically, the tax preference for the third pillar of pension insurance should be identified clearly in the system, and the dynamic adjustment mechanism should be established according to changes of the local situation.
Surveyed men aged 18 to 25 chose to buy green food, get vaccinated and store antimicrobial protective equipment, while women had more of a preference for fitness and regular physical examinations.
"The list will definitely play a big role in bringing our products and brands closer to Chinese consumers and to winning their preference," said Juchniewicz.
"The US-China trade war drove Chinese investors toward Europe, with Chinese capital showing a preference for the UK as an investment destination," the report stated.
"Their preference for traditional services should be respected, and we should not simply dismiss their reluctance to embrace new technologies.
The survey suggested an extension of the social security fee reduction plan that was launched last year, reduction of taxes on research and development spending, improved tax preference policies for companies providing public infrastructure and lowering the upper margin for personal income tax.
The report cited a preference towards a continuation of current supply chain dynamics, as well as a search for cost-effectiveness in times of great uncertainty, as possible reasons behind the choice.
Zeng Bibo, founder and chief executive officer of Ymatou, said affected by the pandemic, Chinese consumers' demand for overseas shopping is suppressed, so cross-border e-commerce platforms have become a new channel to satisfy their preference for imported and high-quality commodities.
The surge in consumer activity has unleashed diverse spending patterns, with a growing preference for ice and snow tourism, making cities such as Harbin and Mohe in Heilongjiang province popular.
She said that Gen Z has shown a preference for green pet food and high-tech products that promote sustainability.
This preference was first noticed during this year's first quarter when advance bookings for the May-September period rose 35 percent year-on-year.
With the rise of guochao, and the influence of the expansion of China's manufacturing ability, consumers are showing an increased preference for domestic cosmetics brands, according to a recent report issued by consulting firm Ernst & Young.
Along with the expected consumption confidence rebound in 2023, community shopping centers in suburban areas in China will see greater interest, thanks to the preference trend of shopping in local neighborhoods.
Young travelers have posted a growing preference for electric vehicles, with new-energy vehicle orders made by Generation Z consumers rising nearly three times compared with 2022, data from CAR Inc shows.
More travelers turn to self-driving, camping options for major vacationTravelers across China are showing a growing preference for camping and self-driving tours on the back of the increasing popularity of short-distance trips, with many of those made over the just-concluded National Day holiday, according to the latest industry figures.
"Deng Ning, vice-dean of the School of Tourism Sciences at Beijing International Studies University, said that people showed more preference for short-distance tours during the seven-day break mainly in consideration of any sporadic COVID-19 outbreak.
She said the National Day holiday is expected to create the kind of travel boom that hasn't been seen since the summer, and people may show a preference for short-distance tours over leisure resorts, or destinations not far from their homes or work out of concern over uncertainties such as sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.
This is in line with the predictions of multiple online travel service platforms who expected local tours and neighboring city tours will be the major preference as local governments have implemented a stay-put suggestion.
The export version of Luosifen has tweaked ingredients to meet the taste preference of the locals and the standards set by ASEAN for imported food items, according to a staffer with the Liuzhou Luosifen association.
The country is advocating new forms of weddings, and Heytea exploring new markets by replacing alcohol with tea not only conforms to the mainstream preference for a healthy lifestyle, but also caters to the hobbies of young people.
As the COVID-19 pandemic started coming under better control in the nation, more elder travelers showed a preference for tailored trips, private group tours or going to tourism destinations with families and friends, the company said.
However, the growth in the number of transactions is limited, indicating that investors have shown a preference for larger catering operators.
It typically refers to the sentiment that champions Chinese thoughts and elements, and manifests itself in Chinese consumers' newfound interest in national culture and a preference for homegrown brands.
"Lyu said the popularity of camping is partly because the pandemic has added to people's preference for open spaces.
Businesses like air conditioner cleaning, fridge cleaning and washing machine cleaning increased by three to four times, many of which rose thanks to younger generation's preference to pay for convenience, said Li Zijian, vice-president of 58. com.
As of April 2020, there were 1,938 buildings rising above 100 meters scattered across the country, indicating Chinese cities' preference for high-rises, the People's Daily reported.
Shanghai's new property projects remain popular during May 1-5Growing enquiries for new home projects in major Chinese cities during the five-day Labor Day holiday are an indication of homebuyers' preference for living in the country's top-tier cities, experts said.