The company experienced a significant shortfall in revenue this quarter.
该公司这个季度出现了显著的收入短缺。
Due to the pandemic, there is an acute shortage of medical supplies.
由于疫情原因，医疗物资出现严重短缺。
The pension fund faces a potential shortfall in meeting future obligations.
养老基金在满足未来义务方面存在潜在缺口。
The budget shortfall forced the government to make some tough spending cuts.
预算短缺迫使政府做出了一些艰难的削减开支措施。
There's a shortfall between what we planned to save and what we actually saved.
我们计划节省的钱与实际节省的钱之间存在差距。
The drought led to a water supply shortfall in many regions across the country.
干旱导致全国许多地区供水短缺。
The charity fell short of its fundraising target by a considerable margin.
这家慈善机构在募捐目标上差额巨大。
We need to address the skills shortfall in our workforce to remain competitive.
我们需要解决劳动力市场上的技能短缺问题以保持竞争力。
A power generation shortfall led to widespread blackouts throughout the city.
发电能力不足导致整个城市发生了大范围停电。
The estimated cost for the project exceeds the available funding, creating a financial shortfall.
对该项目的预计成本超过了可用资金，从而产生了财务缺口。
This is the first time that a Chinese pharmaceutical enterprise has won the right to export drugs available in the Chinese market to address medicinal shortfalls in the US.
这是中国制药企业首次获得出口中国市场药品的权利，以解决美国的药品短缺问题。
The chemical manufacturers said while they also face challenges and uncertainties brought by the pandemic, including labor shortages, logistics disruptions and raw material shortfalls, the government has provided support to facilitate work resumption of key industries, and affected firms are also exploring every possibility to speed up work resumption, which is very important for the entire chemical value chain in China.
这些化学品制造商表示，尽管他们也面临着疫情带来的挑战和不确定性，包括劳动力短缺、物流中断和原材料短缺，但政府已为促进关键行业的复工提供了支持，受影响的企业也在探索加快复工的一切可能性，这对于中国的整个化学价值链来说是非常重要的。
Its traffic shortfall was more than offset by an increase in conversion rates and the rapid growth in the company's e-commerce business.
"Most of our revenue shortfall to our guidance, and over 100 percent of our year-over-year worldwide revenue decline, occurred in Greater China across iPhone, Mac and iPad," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a letter to investors.
With all this technological support, the operation future of Didi Chuxing's car-sharing platform still remains to be seen, as many of its predecessors, both in car sharing and bicycle sharing, are experiencing an extreme winter due to funding shortfalls and mismanagement.
"In fact, most of our revenue shortfall to our guidance, and over 100 percent of our year-over-year worldwide revenue decline, occurred in Greater China across iPhone, Mac and iPad. ""
"In fact, most of our revenue shortfall to our guidance, and over 100 percent of our year-over-year worldwide revenue decline, occurred in China across iPhone, Mac and iPad," Cook said in the letter.
Revenue from Amazon's international business, which brings in 27.5 percent of total sales, was at the heart of the shortfall in results, growth halving to 13.4 percent compared to the previous quarter.
At the current investment trajectory, Africa could experience a 40 percent shortfall in the necessary funding.
Distiller remains focused on balancing supply shortfall with soaring demandKweichow Moutai Co Ltd, China's signature high-end spirit maker, netted double-digit growth rates for its major economic indicators in the first half of the year, the highest recorded in the past few years.
There is a big market shortfall of workers to care for the elderly.
It plugs the shortfall through imports from neighboring South Africa and Mozambique.
The shortfall tallies with concern around customer service.
That leaves local governments with a potential revenue shortfall from reduced land sales over time.
Also, providing local governments with added revenue-raising opportunities would help to reduce the structural funding shortfall for local governments.
While the private sector is still undergoing recuperation, government departments should do whatever possible to make up for shortfalls in aggregate demand.
Signaling a proactive fiscal stance, the nation may raise its deficit-to-GDP ratio — the shortfall in a government's income compared with its spending as a percentage of GDP — from 2.8 percent last year to about 3 percent or even slightly higher at the two sessions, they said.
The problem is worrisome, as other problems follow in the wake of investment decreases: tax revenue shortfalls, slower GDP growth, employment decreases and income decreases and eventually a decrease in consumption of entire households.
The government may use the surplus cash accumulated in the past or advance the 2023 local special bond issuance quota to fill the revenue shortfall," said Li Wei, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd. Lian Ping, chief economist at Zhixin Investment and head of the Zhixin Investment Research Institute, agreed that the proactive fiscal policy will remain the main force to boost economic recovery in China in the second half.
"Through a central coordination mechanism, over 930 billion yuan ($147.58 billion) from the national pool went to make up for the shortfalls of local pension programs last year alone.
"People won't need to sacrifice their pensions for migrating to work, and retirees won't have to deal with the risks from local pension fund shortfalls.
Global oil inventory has been low due to certain geopolitical tensions and supply shortfalls related to OPEC+.
The budget deficit will likely widen by about 130 billion yuan next year and the government will probably set the target for this shortfall at around 3 percent for 2022, with a total deficit of some 3.7 trillion yuan, according to estimates by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, or CASS, a government think tank.
"The world should focus on filling the shortfall in public health and infrastructure and push forward green and digitalized transformation to achieve more sustainable economic recovery, faster development, and a more inclusive human society," said the former central bank governor.
"It also highlighted the necessity of filling infrastructure shortfall in Asia, especially enhancing the resilience of hardware and software infrastructure and maintaining unimpeded supply chains and trade amid the pandemic, he added.
Chinese policymakers are increasingly addressing the topic of a pension shortfall in public, although estimates on the size of the gap vary among researchers.
That contraction and shortfall would be the equivalent of a complete wipeout of the Brazilian, Indian and Mexican economies.
Both the installed capacity and generation of coal power are expected to increase by 2030, especially at the mega new energy bases and major power load centers, and this is expected to ensure domestic power supply and avoid possible shortfalls, it said, recommending energy saving and carbon reduction technologies, including CCUS.
While China Southern Power Grid, whose business covers five areas — Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region — said the electrical load in these five areas hit a historical record this year, State Grid Corp of China predicts China's power supply and demand this summer will see an overall tight balance with regional power shortfalls likely.
Lin Boqiang, head of the China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy at Xiamen University, said that during regional power shortfalls when electricity demand exceeds available supply, a portion of electricity can be squeezed out from industrial usage, which currently accounts for 70 percent, to ensure residential supply, which accounts for less than 15 percent.
"CCID Consulting, which is based in Beijing, said that by next year there will be a talent shortfall of 220,000 people in China's semiconductor sector.
Zhu Yi, a senior analyst with metals and mining at Bloomberg Intelligence, said coal has always been an important source to ensure stable electricity supplies, especially as hydropower capacity is being tested by droughts which leave power-generating dams at risk of production shortfalls.
Nuclear power has further illustrated its pivotal role in the country's energy mix since last year's energy shortfall, and it is quite essential in ensuring the stability and consistency of a new power system dominated by new energy in the country, said Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute.
"According to Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute, global oil inventory has been low due to certain geopolitical tensions and supply shortfalls related to OPEC+.
The Paris-based energy watchdog said the shortfall is expected to deepen as some OPEC+ members struggle with production constraints, exacerbating market tightness.
The change might prompt tech-savvy consumers who haven't yet switched their smartphones due to budget shortfalls to upgrade to the new iPhone, Wang said.
王表示，这一变化可能会促使那些因预算紧张而尚未更换智能手机的科技达人，选择升级到新款iPhone。
Foreign businesses have been making up for the shortfall in orders by promoting their goods directly in China, thereby tapping directly into China's vigorous market.
外国企业通过直接在中国推广其产品，以弥补订单不足的问题，从而直接利用中国充满活力的市场。
The shortfall was caused by a great number of factors including stringent requirements on safety checks during construction and slow approval of new reactors.
The International Air Transport Association on April 28 released a report for March air cargo performance showing a severe and immediate capacity shortfall.
Qu explained in a news conference on Tuesday that the surging price of raw materials was mainly due to a shortfall in the global iron market, as a mining dam disaster in Brazil and a cyclone in Australia caused supply disruptions.
Li Shengli, director of the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center, said China's dairy industry has seen challenges stemming from insufficient production capacity and shortfalls in efficiency.
The shortfalls serve to highlight the catch-up potential.
“In China, there is currently a gap of around 4 million drivers, with western regions having the biggest shortfall.
The current gap is 45,000, and this figure is rising with a predicted 150,000 shortfall by 2022,” Blanche said.
The role of demographicsThe driver shortage is a global problem, often with the same reasons for the shortfall across different continents and cultures.
The shortfall between power generated and demand was made up by imported power, and examples such as factories running their own generators.
电力供应与需求之间的差额通过进口电力和诸如工厂自行运行发电机等方式进行补充。
Wu pointed out that these enterprises are facing mounting difficulties in the process of digital transformation, such as a lack of innovation and collaboration among various departments of enterprises, budgetary shortfalls and inadequate skillsets.
Wu also pointed out that Chinese enterprises are facing mounting difficulties and challenges in the process of digital transformation, such as a lack of innovation and collaboration among various departments of enterprises, budgetary shortfalls and inadequate skills.
Despite current limitations that require robotaxis to operate in designated zones due to complex road conditions and lack of legal shortfalls, their coverage is expected to expand as data accumulates and algorithms improve, Zhang said.
The introduction of Electronic All Wheel Steering, a first for the Bentayga, ensures that there is no shortfall of dynamic ability despite the longer wheelbase.
Li said there is huge development potential for autonomous driving in the logistics segment, and the core value of self-driving trucks is to liberate manpower when facing the huge driver shortfall in the sector.
At the same time, the report predicted that the chip shortage will reduce light vehicle production by 200,000 units in the European automotive market, a 4.1 percent shortfall in production.
Toyota has been developing its own electric batteries and tapping new suppliers to avoid a shortfall in supply, as demand for electric vehicles is expected to increase in the coming decades.
Toyota has been developing its own electric batteries and has been tapping new suppliers to avoid a shortfall in supply, as demand for electric vehicles is expected to increase in the coming decades.
What are the advantages and shortfalls of Chinese companies, especially when they want to expand overseas?
They have also dismissed the idea that they should make up some of the pay shortfall for workers who cut their hours.
Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said in his speech at the forum that: "Fully-electric vehicles still have shortfalls in the performance and piling up batteries to increase the driving range is not a viable option.
Mercedes-Benz saw a shortfall of 8,000 of its namesake vehicles, but it became the first premium carmaker to sell more than 600,000 cars a year in China if coupled with its sibling Smart cars.
It said the major factor affecting its Q2 deliveries was a severe production shortfall of 100 kilowatt-hour battery packs, which are made using advanced technologies on new production lines.
Wu added that Chinese enterprises are facing unprecedented challenges in the process of digitalization, such as a lack of innovation and collaboration among various departments of an enterprise, budgetary shortfalls, limited experience and inadequate skills.
吴补充道，中国企业在数字化进程中正面临前所未有的挑战，包括企业内部各部门间创新与协作的缺失、预算不足、经验有限以及技能不达标等问题。
A shortfall in funding for the US government's plan to replace Chinese telecom equipment once again highlights that any attempts to promote technological decoupling would harm the interests of the United States as well, experts said.
专家表示，美国政府替换中国电信设备计划的资金缺口再次凸显，任何推动技术脱钩的尝试都将损害美国自身的利益。
This is in sharp contrast to the situation in the United States where the federal government is likely to face a shortfall in funding for its plan to replace Chinese equipment in telecom networks, posing connectivity challenges to people in rural areas in the US, experts said.
The US Federal Communications Commission found a shortfall in funding for its plan to replace Chinese telecom equipment.
According to Wang, the price of the iPhone 13 with 128 gigabytes of storage is about 800 yuan ($124) lower than that of the iPhone 12, which may trigger some tech-savvy consumers, who have not yet switched their smartphones due to budget shortfalls, to upgrade to the new iPhones.
Using blockchain technologies, Ant Financial's supply chain financing offerings have helped quench the financing thirst of many small and micro-sized companies, which are vulnerable to capital shortfalls.
Another new report released by LinkedIn last month noted that there will be a shortfall of 12.3 million workers by 2020 in the Asia-Pacific region, leading to added costs of nearly $4.2 trillion every year.
This is because one has to first have income to enjoy tax relief, rendering it ineffective in scenarios of operational hardship and revenue shortfalls.
Financed by market players, including financial institutions and financial infrastructure operators, the fund is aimed at accumulating the capital needed by the central government to deal with major financial risks and will be used when other sources of capital face shortfalls in handling said risks, the PBOC said.
Fiscal deficit, or the shortfall in a government's income compared with spending, is a key indicator of the nature of fiscal policy.
China's elderly population is estimated to surpass 300 million during the 2021-25 period, and the shortfall of pension will likely reach 8 trillion yuan ($1.22 trillion) to 10 trillion yuan in the following five to 10 years.
That is, the US has made up its shortfalls in investible capital by borrowing very large sums from non-US institutions at very low interest rates.
Yet it will also lead to sizable shortfalls in the fiscal resources for prefecture and county governments.
While enhancing the oversight of the funds, they will work to put more fiscal resources at primary-level governments' disposal to fill the shortfall of funds, thus ensure that measures supporting jobs, livelihoods and market players are fully implemented.
Among small businesses with financing shortfalls, 73.7 percent require less than 500,000 yuan and 96 percent need less than 1 million yuan.
The central government also is likely to continue to loosen restrictions on issuance of bonds to enable local governments to address their revenue shortfalls and relieve pressure on their already sizable funding gaps, according to Moody's.
Local govt bonds may bolster real economy amid weak consumptionChina's deleveraging campaign may halt due to the COVID-19 outbreak, as local governments will need to raise more debt to plug financing shortfalls due to the higher spending on infrastructure construction.
The survey also found the qualified supply of family office services in China may be in a shortfall at present, which may present meaningful business opportunities for both domestic and foreign industry players.
Industry insiders and experts, however, suggested that the shortfalls need to be addressed.
It added that the new policy permits local government financing vehicles to continually raise funds, coordinate with financial institutions, support infrastructure and avoid project suspensions resulting from capital shortfalls.
Commercial banks facing shortfall in meeting risk buffer requirementsChina's central bank launched its first swap program on Wednesday to transform 1.5 billion yuan ($223 million) of perpetual bonds into central bank bills, a measure to support recapitalization for commercial banks and cushion risks, according to an official statement.
The scheme was designed as Chinese commercial banks are facing a shortfall in complying with risk buffer requirements as the authorities are prone to proactively increase lending to small and private companies.
"That a full-year EBITDA shortfall of up to 30 percent should emerge less than three months from year end is worrying enough," wrote Jefferies analysts.
Policymakers mull more measures to prevent slowdown in the second half of this yearModerate monetary easing might have started and would continue for some time as China looks for more ways to plug the medium and long-term liquidity shortfalls in its banking system, said experts.
This pilot program is aiming to ease the pressure of pension payments through making up for possible shortfalls as the aging population continues to grow, and it will cut the burden of the working generation by expanding the pension fund scale without raising taxes or pension contribution rates, said the Ministry of Finance.
China's overall liabilities, including shortfall in social security funds and contingent debts, rose by 70 percent to reach 70 trillion yuan from 2010 to 2015, the report said.
Tang explained that in estimating China's shortfall in social security funds, his research team has compared its own estimate with all other estimates by other researchers and used the upper-limit figure in the report.
The shortfall is due to a range of factors, such as the use of less-developed wheat varieties, insufficient application of fertilizers and pesticides, and a lack of mechanized farming, they added.