"We are in an era where cyber threats are no longer stagnant — they constantly evolve.

“我们所处的时代，网络威胁不再停滞不前，而是在不断演变。

But, it suspended the process as COVID-19 left the global capital markets stagnant, market mavens said.

但市场专家表示，由于新冠肺炎导致全球资本市场停滞不前，该公司暂停了这一进程。

"The global aviation industry is still casting a cloud on the future due to the pandemic, and international travel is stagnant.

"But such persistence should not be an excuse to be stagnant.

"With stagnant international travel, Hainan has become an increasingly important market for us.

"Despite China's stagnant road fuels demand in recent years, its large population base and increasing wealth make it an attractive option for the retail business of international oil companies," said Tang Sisi, an analyst at research firm BloombergNEF.

While the global economy has been stagnant this year, China has taken the lead in economic recovery and has quickly resumed steady growth, reflecting the strong resilience of the Chinese economy, he added.

Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel China, said in recent years, the beer market in China is experiencing stagnant growth and Tsingtao clearly wants to diversify its business portfolio.

Pinduoduo's substantial growth has to some extent offset the stagnant performance of Chinese companies listed in the US market.

The former general manager of China's largest pencil manufacturer has since started a radical reform of the brand, which had been suffering low profit and stagnant revenue growth for years.

"Unlike wine or other industries that are seeing stagnant if not negative growth in Western markets today, the supply of caviar is largely outnumbered by demand globally.

The continued robust growth of the Chinese market has helped Danish toymaker Lego offset its stagnant performance in the US and European markets.

Customers, squeezed by stagnant wage growth and inflation, are being cautious in their spending, Marks & Spencer stated.

TCL Corp plans to sell a 49 percent stake in its subsidiary TCL Communication Technology for HK$490 million ($62.8 million) as the Chinese electronics maker aims to restructure its stagnant smartphone business.

Pan denied that the sale was due to the stagnant performance of the brand, adding that China has become the third-largest market for Weetabix in the five years since the acquisition.

Yet, both firms have felt the pinch of largely stagnant sales and shrinking market share in a country that once boosted their balance sheets.

Looking ahead, the global economy will continue to grapple with an arduous recovery process, and the pace of the global trade revival remains stagnant, posing grave challenges for China to continue its stable foreign trade growth, Zhang said.

In conclusion, while the era of double-digit growth in China's retail sector may be over, the market is far from stagnant.

Exports face pressureExports have also faced mounting pressure due to stagnant external demand, rising trade frictions and increasing domestic labor costs.

"From a macroeconomic perspective, the momentum of growth in foreign trade at the start of this year was critical yet stagnant, as analysts and economists worried about the lack of orders generated by sluggish global growth.

But if economic growth remains stagnant, it will be extremely difficult to achieve goals like structural reform, technology innovation and common prosperity.

Long-term economic slowdowns will result in growth rates being increasingly more difficult to rejuvenate if they've remained stagnant for too long.

"In the short term, international travel will still be stagnant due to border control measures relating to COVID-19.

China's favorable policies in Hainan have continued to attract more consumers, but international travel is still stagnant, Ren said.

Wang Zhe, senior economist at Caixin Insight Group, said employment pressures in the manufacturing sector are mainly due to the stagnant recovery of small and medium-sized businesses.

It is important to avoid the stagnant wages and debt-fueled consumption seen in the US over the last 40 years.

He added that ceaseless printing of money by central banks worldwide has caused excessive liquidity, and the world is trapped in the uncertainty of low inflation and stagnant growth.

While global FDI has been stagnant for the last decade, the RCEP group has shown a consistent upward trend until last year," the report stated.

In the context of stagnant domestic and international markets and recessing global economic and trade, cultivating domestic demand and giving full play to the domestic consumption of economic development is the key move to gear up China's economy.

How well the real estate sector will recover is a key variable for this year's growth, Yao said, given that the sector remained largely stagnant last year with declining investment.

The current contagion outbreaks impacted the real estate market's recovery due to slower property development investment, stagnant property sales and lower market expectations.

Also, stagnant real estate activity could dampen the revenue growth and credit expansion of the industrial sector overall, given that real estate development is closely linked to numerous sectors such as building materials and furniture.

"With stagnant international travels due to the pandemic, the domestic air travel market－especially tourism spots in Northwest and Southwest China where boasts top tourism resources－worth further development," Yu said.

"The upcoming challenges will be more on the demand side, which means stagnant demand growth in the northeast parts of China may not justify the full operation of a new nuclear plant.

According to a report released by mobile internet big data company QuestMobile, in 2020, internet user growth numbers in China were relatively stagnant.

Coal mines also need to change their mindset to retain clients as it will be difficult to get new orders merely by slashing product prices, because coal consumption will likely enter a stagnant period during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, against a background that China pledges to hit peak emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, Zhang added.

But they are still not allowed to organize trans-provincial group tours by Monday, and outbound trips have been stagnant due to travel restrictions imposed by most countries.

With livestreaming salvaging stagnant retail sales hampered in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cities are competing with each other to attract talent that can turn clicks into cash.

Separately, with travel restrictions imposed by most countries, overseas tours have been stagnant.

According to surveys, the stagnant transactions in the housing segment of the market in February and March may see a rebound in demand sooner than later.

Sales shifted from offline to online as housing transactions across the nation become stagnant due to disease outbreakAlthough it needs time to gauge the blow of the novel coronavirus epidemic to the housing market, major property developers have been taking active measures to maintain their business.

Given the unexpected novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, housing transactions across the nation have become stagnant.

Many chain restaurants have expressed their worries about their capital flow due to the stagnant business conditions.

The situation in February could become even worse as off-line new home sales have almost ground to a halt, and sales of pre-owned properties are likewise stagnant.

"It is not as if Chinese consumers are shifting to cheaper food substitutes, because only the high-end instant noodles saw faster growth recently, while sales for traditional players more or less remained stagnant.

"The UK domestic retail environment has been stagnant, so a lot of retailers are trying to find new growth opportunities," said Dennis Lin, head of the Santander UK China desk.

Ding said it is "not only the user activity, the general user growth in mobile internet apps is almost stagnant".

As the company makes aero engines for wide-body aircraft only, the stagnant international travel market has significantly reduced the engine flying hours of Rolls-Royce products.

However, their EBIT still declined sharply by 7.6 percent, while revenue was nearly stagnant (plus 0.5 percent) during the period.

To boost stagnant car sales, the authorities introduced a measure in late September 2015 to halve the tax rate for small cars, which expired on Dec 31, 2016.

But certain standards, conditions and appropriate timing are needed for such funds to be effective, including drastic share price declines, irrational capital outflows, less satisfactory results from other stimulative policies and stagnant trading volume levels, they said.

Thus, it was the decline in transportation and communication prices that primarily led to the stagnant CPI growth.

An economic gauge commissioned by China International Capital Corp remained stagnant at around 90 percent, indicating less vitality in economic activity.

The impact is of additional importance as the venture capital investment market has been stagnant over the last couple of years, with the coronavirus outbreak aggravating woes.

Combined with unending government budget deficits, loose monetary policies over the past 40 years have put the United States economy into an unsustainable period of more and more extreme booms and busts, stagnant wages, rising inequality and low productivity growth.

But average working people in the US have seen stagnant wages, except for small raises in the last three years, and have little if any savings.

Renminbi settlement allowed it to acquire a stagnant local company without worrying about exchange rate risks.

Also, exports were stagnant then.