They have become a tourist
attraction.
它们已成为旅游胜地。
You can think of it as physical
attraction.
你可以把它看作是身体上的吸引力。
The main
attraction of Beijing resides in its enchanting scenery.
北京最大的吸引力在于它的迷人景色。
So, what’s the
attraction?
那么，它的吸引力在哪里？
The influx of international investments such as Disney's newly added Frozen-themed land in Hong Kong and Zootopia-based attraction in Shanghai last year, has highlighted the industry's momentum.
国际投资的涌入，如迪士尼在香港新增加的Frozen主题乐园和去年在上海的Zootopia景点，突显了该行业的势头。
com App and allows travelers to conveniently book hotels, train tickets and attraction tickets through Alipay, ensuring a smooth travel experience.
com应用程序，并允许旅行者通过支付宝方便地预订酒店、火车票和景点门票，确保平稳的旅行体验。
The opening will see the introduction of a new attraction — "Zootopia: Hot Pursuit", where guests will hop on to an all-terrain cruiser powered by a trackless ride system in an action-filled chase through Zootopia's different districts, as well as several new themed entertainment experiences.
开幕式将推出一个新景点——“Zootopia:Hot Pursuit”，客人将登上一艘由无轨骑行系统驱动的全地形巡洋舰，在Zootopia的不同地区进行充满动作的追逐，以及一些新的主题娱乐体验。
The opening will see the introduction of a new attraction - Zootopia: Hot Pursuit, where guests will hop on the all-terrain cruiser powered by a trackless ride system in an action-filled chase through Zootopia's different districts, as well as several new themed entertainment experiences.
开幕式将推出一个新景点——Zootopia:Hot Pursuit，客人将登上由无轨骑行系统提供动力的全地形巡洋舰，在Zootopia的不同地区进行充满动作的追逐，以及一些新的主题娱乐体验。
”The pavilion has since become a popular attraction at RHS Garden Wisley, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, but over the years parts of the pavilion started to rot and the roof began to come apart.
“自那以后，该展馆已成为RHS Garden Wisley的一个受欢迎的景点，每年吸引数以万计的游客，但多年来，展馆的一些部分开始腐烂，屋顶开始脱落。
The world's second-largest visitor attraction operator by attendance, Merlin Entertainments currently operates 14 attractions in China.
梅林娱乐是全球第二大游客景点运营商，目前在中国运营14个景点。
The theme park, the most renowned attraction in the resort, reopened on June 25, but with shortened opening hours, the resort said.
度假村表示，主题公园是度假村最著名的景点，于6月25日重新开放，但开放时间缩短。
China's attraction for foreign companies in a pandemic-jolted world came as a result of the country's steady economic recovery and improved business environment.
在疫情肆虐的世界里，中国对外国公司的吸引力是由于该国经济稳步复苏和商业环境改善。
Small-dollar donations enabled by technology are another attraction - for example, money worth just a simple meal.
While the attraction of the Chinese market used to be largely generated from affluent local customers, now it is also becoming increasingly sought after due to its ability to innovate businesses.
The combination of American cuisine and local features is a major attraction for consumers," Huang said.
Visitors to the planned Universal Beijing Resort－currently under construction and scheduled to open next year－will be able to see the world's first dedicated Transformers franchise attraction featuring an expanded storyline and an art background highlighted with Chinese cultural and historical elements.
"China's level of investment attraction, the effectiveness of pandemic control, and organizing events like this (the CIIE)…all serve as a protection to investors," said Zhang.
The easier access to various resources is a major attraction for MEMS companies, Dong said.
And China's No 1 attraction to Apple is the quality of its people.
Raphael Coelho, CEO of Popeyes China, said the Chinese consumer market continues to be a strong attraction for international brands and the Shanghai store is testimony to the demand.
"Our talent attraction and development strategies will also need to adapt to the new environment and market trends, so as to better address employees' needs," said the Greek executive, adding the company is also leveraging data analytics to identify and develop the next generation of leaders for both China and the world.
The attraction of top talent is an important criterion for the evaluation of companies that earn a position on LinkedIn's Top Startups list.
Jason Yu, general manager of market consultancy Kantar Worldpanel China, said the quality and good prices of Costco's food products are a major attraction to Chinese consumers, as the demand for such products has grown.
For example, the KT shoe display section has become an attraction for young consumers to visit, take photos and order personalized designs.
The company's seven-floor flagship store in London's Regent Street opened in 1881 and is now a major tourist attraction.
"The rapid rate of expansion at Shanghai Disney Resort demonstrates our confidence and commitment to the company's future development in China," said Bob Chapek, chairman of parks, experiences and consumer products at The Walt Disney Co. As the first-ever themed land of its kind, Zootopia is designed to feature a new major attraction that blends Disney's storytelling and technologies in order to bring this fan favorite movie and its characters to life, the company said.
At the opening ceremony in the capital Riyadh, Sultan Mofti, deputy governor for Investment Attraction and Development at Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, hailed Huawei's efforts to provide the best information technology and communications services in accordance to the highest global standards for quality and security.
The center will be what the company calls a "midway attraction", or a smaller, indoor version of a theme park.
"It provides great opportunities for us to develop existing attraction concepts, as well as to introduce new brands.
The attraction is based on the popular London Dungeon horror house in the United Kingdom, which incorporates gallows humor into grim historical re-enactments.
Using special effects and miniature models, the attraction takes visitors on a tour of 1,000 years of Beijing's history, including seminal events like the invasion of Genghis Khan's Mongol army in the 13th century and the grand wedding of China's last emperor.
"Platforms like Ant Financial have the technological prowess to depict typical users and are becoming an effective sales channel for innovative wealth management products thanks to their unique user attraction and retention efforts," said Qu Xiangjun, a senior global managing partner at McKinsey & Co.
"It's our goal to eventually have nonstop scheduled service between China and Pittsburgh and to make Pittsburgh into a thriving tourist attraction for travelers like yourselves," Cassotis, wearing a red dress, told Chinese visitors during the welcoming ceremony.
For potential tenants, co-working has now become a major attraction as such spaces provide more room for communication and business opportunities.
Last year, the leading visitor attraction company struck a partnership with Entertainment One, the British film and TV company which owns the Peppa Pig brand.
"The costs in video industry are very high with regard to brand-building, traffic attraction and promotion," she said.
Its working environment was quite an attraction, always reminding her of the academic life overseas.
China is one of the largest countries in the world with a large population, so we think we want to be there partially because of that and partially because we just have an attraction to China.
The facility also offers itinerary planning, with suggested durations for each attraction, information such as addresses, contact numbers, and sample schedules.
The idea was applied to its more than 10 attraction development projects, including Qiandao Lake in East China's Zhejiang province and Jiuzhai Valley in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The New York Post cited sources saying that a fund－controlled by Goodwin Gaw, 48, and his brother and sister－will pay $340 million for the property that overlooks the High Line, a popular city park and tourist attraction.
Consumers living within a few kilometers of these outlets could shop online with the added attraction of a delivery service.
[Photo/Xinhua]The general manager of the Shanghai Disney Resort has confirmed the attraction has a high possibility of breaking even in its first fiscal year which ends in September, making it one of the fastest attractions to become profitable within the year.
We can also explore more possibilities such as showing the location of barrier free facilities as well as number of tourists at an attraction, on portable devices to improve tourism experience," said Luo, who is also a member of the 14th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Fujian will be supported to harness its pilot free trade zone and pioneer various measures for exploring cross-Strait economic cooperation, and the province is encouraged to leverage the rules outlined in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and strengthen investment attraction efforts from Taiwan, according to the guideline.
This integration enhances the efficiency of investment attraction by presenting a comprehensive overview of available resources, said the Changyi government.
"In the year 2023, Changyi has organized a series of project signing activities, inking 37 deals with a total investment of about 12 billion yuan, making investment attraction a strong force for high-quality development," said Xia, adding that the city's investment-related activities are even more active recently during the end-year period.
With a population of over 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of over 400 million, China's "magnetic attraction" for foreign investment is constantly strengthening, he said.
More power will be delegated to Lin-gang in terms of industrial upgrading, urban construction, talent attraction and comprehensive law enforcement, according to the new measures.
Given the slowdown in global economic recovery and the decline in cross-border investments, they said these policy measures will promote China's high-quality opening-up by using the advantages of the country's huge and lucrative market, optimize the attraction and utilization of foreign investment, and establish a business environment that is market-driven, legally structured and globally integrated.
Targeting the attraction of splendid mountain views and vast water bodies, in addition to a unique ethnic Miao culture, the village has made great efforts in developing rural tourism.
Liu Yupeng, chairman of the Industry and Commerce Association of Ireland, said that the association, which is a key partner of the CIIE in Ireland, has been dedicated to facilitating exhibitor and purchaser attraction and matchmaking for the expo.
According to Hu Zhuojun, executive director of Singapore's THI Industrial Investment Group, Jiangsu is an attraction for investors as it is one of the most economically developed regions in China, and has a strong industrial foundation.
"The rapid development of Wuxi's integrated circuit industry and its attraction of South Korean capital have proved the strong manufacturing industry and support capabilities of the city," said Chen Ping, director of the Wuxi Investment Promotion Center.
Tang Puliang, head of the working team for attraction of talent in Xiong'an, said the city has attracted 12 leading experts, over 100 talent in key areas, and over 3,000 graduates from major Chinese universities.
The report — Business Environment of the European Union 2022/2023 — provided by the academy of the Beijing-based China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that a favorable business environment is a common expectation of foreign-invested businesses, and will create greater attraction for Chinese companies.
"That fully demonstrates their willingness to tap the Chinese market, their confidence in China's development prospects, as well as China's 'magnet-like attraction' to foreign investment," she said.
Focused on stabilizing expectation, shoring up confidence, aiding enterprises in phases and push forward high-quality development, the action plan includes 10-item actions that range from bailing out enterprises, assisting companies to stabilize employment and create new posts, restoring consumption, extending investment, stabilizing foreign trade, retaining attraction to foreign investment, to elevating industrial innovation, creating world class business environment among others.
Multinational investment bank and financial services company UBS is bullish on the Chinese market, and the market's attraction will be strengthened this year, ThePaper reported on Tuesday.
Gu Qingyang, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore, told Xinhua that the vibrant dynamism of the region is also a strong attraction for economies outside the region, which is witnessing increasing investment from the outside.
The Foreign Investment Law has ensured a fair competition environment with rules and transparency," Zhao said, adding that the protection of intellectual property rights has boosted China's attraction to foreign capital inflow.
In 2021, the number of overseas returnees sending resumes to new first-tier cities posted a growing trend, as these cities have great development potential, qualified infrastructure and strong talent attraction.
Policies encouraging talent attraction, industrial transformation called crucialWhile China's megacities garner a great deal of attention, the country's up-and-coming midsize and smaller cities are growing and prospering thanks to helpful policies and innovative companies, officials said.
Shen's company is among the many that have benefited from a friendly business environment supported by policies that encourage the attraction of young talent and industrial transformation, which are key drivers for the city's development and urbanization.
This not only shows the good will of the German business community to promote bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and also shows the strong attraction of China's market scale advantage and efficient industrial system to German enterprises.
This, the 13th in the series, demonstrates the power of attraction of the world's second-largest economy and its humongous markets for foreign investors, and also shows how the nation reciprocates by sharing its developmental benefits with the rest of the world through outbound direct investment.
China's many strengths, advantages seen attracting foreign capital flowsBright prospects for growth, further opening-up measures and sufficient power supply at a reasonable cost will keep China's attraction for global capital strong－and foreign investment will likely grow by double digits this year, said experts and business executives on Monday.
The nation is also capable of sustaining its attraction for foreign investment despite the slowdown in global foreign investment activities, multinational corporation executives and experts said.
Eighty-nine percent of firms say their operations in the nation are strong and profitableChina's attraction as a huge, lucrative market for US companies has remained unchanged this year, despite the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy and disruptions to trade, analysts and government officials said on Tuesday.
"In the future, Shanghai will continue to deepen its first store economy development, accelerate its attraction to brands and fashion resources at home and abroad, nurture specialized talents and organizations, speed up policy innovation and optimize the city's environment.
As per statistics, it used to take 8 hours from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, to Xishuangbanna, a well-known tourist attraction, by bus, but now the time has been shortened to 3.5 hours after the railway opened.
China must maintain its attraction as a foreign investment destination in order to introduce more cutting-edge features to support its green transition and manufacturing upgrading, according to analysts.
Gao Ming, who analyses macroeconomics at China Merchants Securities, said maintaining its attraction for foreign investment is of long-term significance for the nation's economic growth, especially in the manufacturing sector.
MOC spokeswoman Shu Jueting said in May that multinational companies have actively expanded investment in China, which shows foreign investor confidence in prospects for the Chinese economy and reflects the attraction of China's huge market, complete industrial system and infrastructure, as well as abundant human resources.
Industrial conglomerate Dassault Systemes chose to move its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Tokyo to Shanghai, precisely for the growth prospects presented by Shanghai in particular and China in general, said Cui Haiyan, vice-president of Dassault Systemes (Shanghai) Information Technology Co Ltd. Cui also lauded the city's "open environment and efficient service", which represents a major attraction to draw international talent.
A: In 2021, foreign investment in China hit a record high given the continued attraction of the Chinese market.
The Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing, for example, has made moves to attract more tourists, who can now sleep in tents near the Tiger Mountain attraction in the area.
"It is not only conducive to the formation of an efficient domestic circulation, but also practical to maintain and enhance the country's strong attraction to global companies and resources.
A country's foreign capital attraction capacity depends partly on its opening-up policy and China is pretty clear about the direction and means of its higher-level opening-up, said Fang.
The city's solid economic foundation, amicable business environment, as well as the openness and inclusiveness deeply embedded in the city's genes, are still of much attraction to multinational companies.
The attraction effect of the RCEP implementation on regional trade is gradually emerging, said Gao Feng, spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce.
He said the stringent measures implemented to contain the virus will not jeopardize the city's attraction to international businesses in the long run.
China's undented attraction for foreign companies in a pandemic-jolted world came as a result of the country's steady economic recovery and improved business environment.
Liupanshui, once a resource-intensive city in Southwest China's Guizhou province that relied heavily on coal and steel for economic growth decades ago, is becoming a top destination for hundreds of thousands of visitors nationwide, thanks to the city's transformation toward a beautiful, ecological tourism attraction.
China's huge market is a main attraction, Sankei News said, adding most Japanese companies are willing to expand their Chinese presence.
"China's main attraction for foreign investment is its strong economic performance," Wang wrote in a recent opinion piece published on the Financial Times, noting that China's performance is in stark contrast to the rest of the world economy.
The worldwide talent attraction campaign, lasting from Sept 29, 2021 till June 30, 2022, has more than 35,000 job vacancies on the first batch, covering tourism, the modern service industry, tropical agriculture and other sectors.
At the opening ceremony, famous economist Ren Zeping said that talent attraction is presently a major issue for Chinese cities due to the aging population.
While addressing the opening of the 130th session of the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Li reiterated the nation's commitments to foster a market-oriented, world-class business environment governed by a sound legal framework, saying China will always strive to make itself a top attraction to foreign investment.
"One of the important reasons for its extreme popularity is because it makes innovations as the expression of a city's atmosphere, a part of the folk culture and also a popular tourist attraction," said Lai Yang, a member of China General Chamber of Commerce.
With settlement of more than 350 international luxury brands, the place has become a top attraction for tourists from home and abroad.
This will help promote the construction of Hainan as a major attraction in international tourism, said Liu Feng, director of the Research Center for Free Trade Port with Chinese Characteristics at Hainan Normal University.
Truth to tell, manufacturing holds little attraction for today's young generation.
According to the latest ranking of Chinese cities for commercial attraction released by Yicai on May 27, China's 15 new first-tier cities are Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Xi'an, Suzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Dongguan, Foshan, Ningbo, Qingdao and Shenyang.
The city's attraction and gathering effects are also increasing, with optimized urban spatial structure, and a better business and employment environment.
Statistics from the Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Statistics show central cities in Northeast China, such as Shenyang and Dalian, registered population increases of 922,000 and 761,000 during the past decade, indicating a strong population attraction ability for central cities.
The rise of the personal income tax threshold and the establishment of special additional deduction have further reduced the relative attraction of the deferred commercial pension insurance of individual tax.
As of April 14, holiday flight bookings had been 23 percent higher than the same period in 2019, with hotel bookings up 43 percent, attraction tickets up 114 percent, and car rentals up 126 percent, according to data from Trip.
The booming duty-free shopping sector is another FTP attraction for global brands wishing to explore China's huge market.
The booming duty-free shopping sector is the FTP's another attraction for global brands wishing to explore China's huge market.
"All the products to be displayed by Irish exhibitors at Hainan Expo will be exempt from import duties, import VAT and consumption tax," said Weng, adding that this holds a special attraction for Irish exhibitors.
He said they also add to the nation's attraction for overseas investors and give domestic enterprises tremendous opportunities to widen their influence abroad, signifying that China has integrated into the global economy.
As the global economy recovers and as trade tensions ease, currencies in the emerging markets could rebound strongly and enhance the investment attraction.
Intellectual property protection, economic and business legislation, and talent attraction will be strengthened and further marketized.