China's domestic air travel market is steadily picking up with the pandemic brought under better control nationwide, despite sporadic outbreaks of local cases.

尽管出现了零星的本地病例，但随着疫情在全国范围内得到更好的控制，中国国内航空旅行市场正在稳步复苏。

Despite sporadic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, TOM Group demonstrated strong resilience and accelerated initiatives to expand its digital segment, maintaining a steady growth in total revenue.

尽管新冠肺炎疫情造成了零星中断，但TOM集团表现出了强大的韧性，并加快了扩大其数字细分市场的举措，保持了总收入的稳定增长。

The sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks have not affected Xiaomi's research and development in its car project.

零星的新冠肺炎疫情并未影响小米汽车项目的研发。

The company saw a decline in sales volume as channels got disrupted because of sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, but the business recovered in June once the conditions improved.

由于新冠肺炎疫情的爆发，渠道中断，该公司的销售额下降，但一旦情况好转，业务在6月份恢复。

The wholly State-owned company, founded in 2011 on the basis of 14 provincial, municipal, and district electric and engineering enterprises, previously had only sporadic businesses overseas.

"We have just started on the US market, and have only some sporadic customers," Fan said.

However, amid softening global demand, geopolitical issues, sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 and other elements, the growth rates for monthly trade have slowed down in recent months, which is in line with global economic and trade trends, Sun Xiao, spokesman for the Beijing-based China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, or the CCPIT, said at a monthly news conference.

The IFF said in an event announcement on Monday as the world now faces enormous challenges with countries scrambling to fight runaway inflation amid energy and food crises, and China's economy disrupted by sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, this year's meeting will bring together world leaders, executives of global leading financial institutions and enterprises as well as academics and think tanks to discuss major global issues and challenges.

The decline was caused by factors such as multiple and sporadic COVID-19 cases in October, said Zhao Qinghe, a senior statistician with the NBS.

Sporadic and scattered COVID-19 outbreaks weighed on the October reading, the bureau's senior statistician Zhao Qinghe said.

Despite sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases, the consumption market has recovered, albeit with fluctuations.

Despite sporadic COVID-19 flareups, China's consumption recovery has gained impetus during the seven-day National Day holiday, indicating the strong resilience and immense potential of consumption, said Wang Yun, a researcher at the Academy of Macroeconomic Research.

Faced with a sophisticated international environment and multiple domestic challenges, such as sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases and extreme weather, China took action to stabilize the macroeconomy and unleashed the policy effectiveness.

China's economy has maintained its recovery trend in August despite facing pressures from a complicated and grim international environment, sporadic domestic COVID-19 cases and extreme weather, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

"Rare high temperatures and sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks were the main factors weighing on the economy in August," Wang said.

However, citing several sub-indexes that fell below the 50-point mark, Zhou said the sporadic COVID-19 cases, extreme weather and high costs of raw materials have weighed on the recovery in August, and the foundation of the recovery is not solid.

The NBS said that China's economy in July "sustained the momentum of recovery" despite the "increasingly complicated and challenging international environment as well as frequent and sporadic domestic outbreaks of COVID-19.

Ye warned of challenges like sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, which cannot be ruled out altogether, troubles in the property sector, and changes in the international environment.

However, the group has faced new problems in recent years after the number of job vacancies declined due to sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19.

Some experts have been calling for allocating some of the 2023 quota for local government special bonds in advance in the fourth quarter of this year, saying more efforts are still needed to consolidate the economic recovery amid sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks since July and uncertainties both at home and abroad.

The growth rate was 6 percentage points higher than that in May when the country was hit by sporadic resurgences of COVID-19.

Due to increasingly complicated international environment and sporadic virus outbreak domestically, the supply chain and logistics were disrupted, which increased pressure on social consumption and investment activities.

She noted that the recent sporadic COVID-19 cases have weighed on the foreign trade supply chain, restraining production efficiency and profitability.

Although China faces downward pressure due to the complex international environment and sporadic virus outbreaks domestically, the fundamentals sustaining the country's steady and long-term economic growth remain unchanged, with major macro indicators expected to see a significant rebound in the coming months, experts said.

Wang Wei, director-general of the Institute of Market Economy at the Development Research Center of the State Council, said the recovery of consumption, especially the consumption of services, is facing great challenges and difficulties amid the sporadic COVID-19 cases at home.

Dong also attributed the accelerated growth of consumer inflation to the sporadic COVID-19 cases in China and hikes in international commodity prices.

Dong Lijuan, a senior NBS statistician, attributed the accelerated growth of consumer inflation to the sporadic COVID-19 cases at home and price hikes in international commodities, saying the month-on-month growth in PPI is affected by rising prices in global commodities, such as oil and nonferrous metals.

Combined with sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and increasing uncertainties from global environment, the sluggish recovery led to higher operational costs and market instability for some enterprises, he said.

Sima Hong, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also said in a proposal that China should further improve business environment to unleash more vitality of enterprises, especially micro and small-sized ones, which are more vulnerable to economic downtrends and other negative factors like sporadic COVID-19 cases.

The tax refunds have significantly boosted restaurant chain Hefu-Noodle's confidence in its development, as the measure will provide cash straight to the company and help offset the negative impact of sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, it said.

Disrupted by sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 and related regulatory measures, the market size of shared accommodation shrank 3.8 percent from a year earlier, said the report.

This year, due to the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19, Zhao has decided to stay in Beijing rather than returning to her hometown around 700 kilometers away in Central China's Henan province.

Despite sporadic COVID-19 cases in a few places, the country's precise virus containment policies have reduced the impact of the epidemic on people's lives to the minimum.

The sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks in several parts of the country have had a limited impact on consumer buying behavior, Wang said, adding high-quality brands and products are gaining traction among Chinese consumers.

Zhao Qinghe, a senior NBS statistician, said in a note accompanying the data that China's economic growth stayed on track for continuing recovery in January in the face of complicated economic conditions and sporadic COVID-19 cases, although economic activity cooled slightly.

"With sporadic local cases of the COVID-19 contagion preventing some from returning to their hometowns, Chiu said he looked forward to the gift packs to act as "an envoy of joy and reunion".

Liang said various downside risks and uncertainties are clouding the economic outlook, such as disruption due to sporadic COVID outbreaks.

Lu Lin, a researcher at the Tsinghua think tank, said that at this time, the COVID-19 situation in China remains sporadic.

"Some sporadic COVID-19 cases in a few Chinese cities led to stricter government management.

Give full play of consumption in national economyAlthough the national economy is affected by sporadic virus outbreak in some regions, the consumption market still delivers great vitality and potential.

Faced with a challenging international environment and sporadic COVID-19 virus outbreak domestically, China continued to enhance cross-cyclical adjustment of its macro policies.

However, retail sales grew 3.9 percent year-on-year last month, down from 4.9 percent in October, as sporadic COVID-19 cases dented offline consumption activities, the bureau said.

On a month-on-month basis, the CPI grew by 0.4 percent in November, down from 0.7 percent in the previous month, resulting from the combined impacts of seasonal factors, rising costs and sporadic COVID-19 cases, the NBS said.

Some experts said such a message will help cushion the worries from market players, particularly small and micro businesses, about the country's growth prospects, as many of them are coping with rising commodity prices and uncertainties triggered by recent sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.

He added that the recent sporadic COVID-19 local outbreaks also posed challenges, from production to retail.

In the first three quarters of this year, China adopted a cross-cyclical adjustment strategy in its macro-policies, with effective measures on combating floods, and preventing sporadic COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Although the recovery of consumer market, especially in accommodation and catering industry, has been influenced by the sporadic COVID-19 cases, the China's overall consumer market still showed strong resilience, and the consumption upgrading will continue to boost, said Dong Lihua, director of the Trade and Economic Department at the NBS.

Luo Junjie, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a news conference in Beijing that China's industrial economy has shown a steady recovery during the first three quarters, demonstrating strong resilience in the face of challenges posed by the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19, floods as well as complicated and changing situations both at home and abroad.

Xu Xianchun, a professor of economics at Tsinghua University, said the slowdown for the third quarter can mainly be attributed to sporadic COVID-19 flare-ups and heavy rainfall in some regions.

Although the decline in the growth rate is largely a short-term result caused by sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19, there may be some long-term factors behind the slowdown in consumption growth, such as a lower propensity to consume.

Sporadic COVID infections have constrained the recovery of consumer markets and consumer services.

Amid rising commodity prices and sporadic COVID-19 cases, more well-targeted policies are expected to ease the pressure on small midstream and downstream firms, experts added.

"Despite sporadic COVID-19 cases, recent flooding and a high comparison base, the profits of major industrial enterprises continued to grow steadily in August, with their business conditions improving," Zhu said.

Experts said the growth of industrial profits is likely to be affected by the sporadic COVID-19 cases, as well as rising commodity prices, which pressured the profitability of small and micro business in the midstream and downstream sectors.

Business operations of China's industrial firms continued to improve last month, despite the impact of floods, a relatively high base and a sporadic resurgence of COVID-19 cases, said NBS senior statistician Zhu Hong.

Domestically, growth is seeing a mix of challenges including sporadic COVID-19 cases and rising commodity prices.

The sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters such as floods hindered travel and held back consumption during the summer holiday, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui said, adding that the high base factor also resulted in the steep year-on-year drop.

Fu said that, despite the recovery, the international environment is still complex and severe, and the sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and natural disasters such as floods have affected the country's economy.

Their account receivables are increasing amid the emergence of sporadic COVID-19 cases in certain areas, analysts said on Thursday, after taking stock of the proceedings of a high-level meeting on Wednesday.

Zhu said the growth of industrial profits is likely to be affected by the sporadic COVID-19 cases and recent flooding, as well as rising commodity prices, which pressured profitability of small and micro business in the midstream and downstream sectors.

Cargo handling at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has remained smooth despite the recent COVID-19 sporadic outbreaks in the nation.

However, with an increasingly complex external environment, and the combined impact of sporadic local outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters, economic recovery is still uneven, the NBS said.

Prevention, control of virus 'key tasks' in Ningbo-Zhoushan to ensure operationsCargo handling at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port－a port which ranks third in global container handling capacity and recorded the largest global cargo throughput for 12 consecutive years－has remained stable despite the recent COVID-19 sporadic outbreaks in the nation.

But the economic recovery remains unstable and unbalanced, due to the challenging external environment, and the combined impact of sporadic local outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters, he said.

However, with an increasingly complex and severe external environment, and the combined impact of sporadic local outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters, the economic recovery is still unstable and uneven, it said.

"Its ability to contain sporadic outbreaks has given millions of people the confidence to stick to their domestic travel plans.

"China's early success in tackling the pandemic has helped to underpin its economic rebound," it said, adding "its ability to contain sporadic outbreaks has given millions of people the confidence to stick to their domestic travel plans. "

Retail sales fell by 3.9 percent on a yearly basis in China last year, as sporadic outbreaks of the pandemic in some cities restricted people flows.

To prevent the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19, China encouraged people to stay in place over the holiday this year, which lasted from Feb 11 to Feb 17.

To prevent the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19, China encouraged people to stay put over the holiday this year, which lasted from Feb 11 to 17.

Experts highlight smaller firms' role in economic growth, urge more supportChina's Small and Medium Enterprises Development Index fell slightly in January due to sporadic cases of COVID-19 reported in different areas of the country ahead of the Spring Festival as well as the seasonal Lunar New Year effect.

Lu Ting, chief China economist with securities firm Nomura, said that to fight the latest wave of sporadic and cluster COVID-19 cases, Chinese authorities have tightened social distancing measures, reimposed some locality-based lockdown measures and travel bans, and encouraged migrant workers to stay in the cities of their workplaces for the impending Lunar New Year holiday.

The latest resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases across China will not derail the country's strong economic recovery, said a recent opinion piece in the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

Though sporadic outbreaks are found in some parts of the country, the festival will still bring families and friends together, only in smaller group and different forms.

Yet, in light of the resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases in China, many people are refraining from going back to their hometowns and are choosing instead to stay put in the cities they work in to celebrate the long holiday.

Li attributed such adjustments to the reimposition of restrictive measures in China following sporadic new COVID-19 cases, which is weighing noticeably on the services sector, and the rapid growth in commodity and upstream raw-material costs that could potentially endanger profit margins.

However, we believe sporadic local outbreaks remain a risk, as the rest of the world is still tackling the pandemic, which should constrain the pace of recovery in the services sector, especially the catering, hotel and passenger transport industries," Lu said.

- The third year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 saw China's box office striving to cope with the impact of sporadic outbreaks, and in the process it managed to generate a total revenue of around 30 billion yuan ($4.31 billion) for the year.

As of Dec 1, more than 100 billion parcels have been handled in China, evidence of the sector's resilience amid sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, as delivery agents maintained the flow of goods to meet people's growing demand.

"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.

- China's e-commerce logistics index saw a decline in August due to sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases, industry data showed.

Data from Qunar showed long-haul trips faced some challenges in early August, due to sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 in some cities.

Affected by the sporadic COVID-19 pandemic resurgence in some areas, the civil aviation sector saw the total of domestic flights dropping 43 percent from the same period last year, to 1.16 million in H1.

During the current season, the box office market was hit by sporadic resurgences of COVID-19.

China's service sector, a key driver of its economic growth, has sustained recovery momentum in July despite a resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases and a weak property market.

The recent, frequent international instabilities and the resurgence of the sporadic domestic virus have both posed new challenges for the development of the service sector, Fu pointed out.

- China's express logistics sector was less upbeat in July partly because the country's industrial activities slowed amid high temperatures and sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 cases, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.

Domestic tourism experienced a downturn in the first half of 2022 because of sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, but the market is growing since June, according to reports the China Tourism Academy released on Friday.

Despite sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 in some Chinese cities, domestic tourism market has been on a fast track of recovery thanks to scientific and precise pandemic control measures, as well as the introduction of a series of favorable policies to promote consumption, Securities Times reported.

Chinese self-driving startup Uisee has deployed different types of autonomous vehicles in many parts of the country when the supply chain is disrupted by the sporadic outbreak of COVID-19.

With the suspension of some passenger trains due to sporadic COVID-19 cases last month, the company used the capacity to increase freight transportation.

Other travel agencies have also given strong figures showing people's wish to travel during the three-day break as the sporadic COVID outbreaks have been brought under control.

As a storage supplement to refrigerators, freezers have been favored by consumers given their small size and cost-effective features, Wang said, adding that since March, the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19 in some parts of the country has accelerated the upgrading and replacement of refrigerators and freezers.

- Facing uncertainties and challenges posed by the complex global environment and the sporadic resurgences of COVID-19 on the domestic front, China has scaled up support to help manufacturing firms tide over difficulties and ride the digitalization wave.

"Some companies had to delay their business expansion plans due to the sporadic COVID-19 pandemic," said Ma Weitu, director-general of JLL South China's commercial real estate department.

XTEP did not buckle under mounting downward pressure on China's economy compounded by sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.

Xiao, who is also a deputy to the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, said the industrial economy is running stably, but there are still many difficulties, such as rising raw material prices, increased transportation costs, sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and changes in the external environment.

Due to sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 variants in different regions in the country, many Chinese travelers chose to cancel their travel plans and stay put during the Spring Festival holiday.

China's economy expanded 8.1 percent year-on-year in 2021 despite sporadic epidemic resurgences and a complicated external environment, underlining the country's capability of ensuring economic stability with swift policy response.