Don't
drop litter.
勿乱扔垃圾。
The temperature suddenly
dropped to zero.
气温突然下降到了零度.
He was told to
drop the idea。
他被告知放弃这个想法。
I
dropped my phone on the floor and it cracked.
我把手机掉在地板上，摔裂了。
She
dropped her keys in the mailbox this morning.
她今天早上把钥匙掉进了邮箱里。
The rain
drops fell heavily from the sky.
雨滴从天空中重重地落下。
He
dropped out of college after one semester.
他只读了一个学期就退学了。
The baby
dropped his pacifier and started crying.
婴儿掉了奶嘴，开始哭起来。
She
dropped by my office to pick up some files.
她顺道来我办公室拿一些文件。
The temperature
dropped significantly last night.
昨晚气温骤降。
He
dropped his bag at the airport while rushing to catch his flight.
他在赶飞机时把包落在了机场。
The pilot had to
drop the altitude quickly to avoid a collision.
飞行员不得不迅速降低高度以避免碰撞。
Her confidence
dropped after she failed the test.
她考试失败后信心大减。
However, all these didn't stop the drop of East Buy's online followers as well as the company's stock price.
然而，所有这些并没有阻止东买在线粉丝和公司股价的下跌。
As of publishing time, the number of followers on Easy Buy's Douyin account was 28 million, a significant drop from over 31 million a week ago.
截至发稿时，易买得抖音账号的关注人数为2800万，比一周前的3100多万大幅下降。
They also experienced a 10-20 percent increase in completed orders and revenue, with a concurrent drop in fuel use and costs by over 20 percent.
他们的完成订单和收入也增长了10-20%，同时燃料使用量和成本也下降了20%以上。
A: While there are some similarities, the biggest difference in our view is China has not had a sharp drop in asset prices and therefore households and corporate do not have a “damaged” balance sheet that needs to be repaired.
A： 虽然有一些相似之处，但我们认为最大的不同是，中国的资产价格没有大幅下跌，因此家庭和企业的资产负债表没有“受损”需要修复。
Citigroup Inc said margins appear to have peaked and are likely to drop as new capacity heightens competition.
花旗集团（Citigroup Inc）表示，利润率似乎已见顶，并可能随着新产能加剧竞争而下降。
In China's home furnishing sector, where Ikea is ranked third behind two Chinese companies, the retail sales have seen fluctuations in recent years, declining in 2020 to 760 billion yuan from 806 billion yuan in 2019, and recovering a bit in 2021 to 784 billion yuan, only to drop again to 731 billion last year, according to Euromonitor International.
根据欧睿国际的数据，宜家在中国家居行业排名第三，仅次于两家中国公司，近年来零售额出现了波动，从2019年的8060亿元下降到2020年的7600亿元，2021年略有回升，达到7840亿元。但去年再次降至7310亿。
The CFO said the exact reason was not clear, but fading stimulus payments after COVID-19 could have contributed to the drop.
首席财务官表示，确切原因尚不清楚，但新冠肺炎后刺激支出的减少可能是造成这一下降的原因。
Despite a 20 percent drop in the overall index compared with that of 2022, the Kantar BrandZ Top 100 retains its long-term growth trajectory, posting 47 percent growth compared to the pre-COVID level in 2019.
尽管总体指数与2022年相比下降了20%，但Kantar BrandZ Top 100仍保持着长期增长轨迹，与2019年新冠疫情前的水平相比增长了47%。
This marked the third consecutive month of declines for the gauge, but the drop in May was narrower compared with the 0.3-point decrease in April, said the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.
中国中小企业协会表示，这标志着该指标连续第三个月下降，但与4月份的0.3个百分点相比，5月份的降幅较小。
Huawei saw its value drop 38 percent to $44.29 billion, ranking 10th.
华为的市值下降了38%，至442.9亿美元，排名第十。
BI said the drop in revenue in China was largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BI表示，中国收入下降主要是由于新冠肺炎疫情。
Though the overall revenue last year saw slight drop to 554.55 billion yuan, revenue from businesses related to the integration of digital economy and real economy, represented by fintech and enterprise services, hit a new high of 177.06 billion yuan.
尽管去年的总收入略有下降，降至5545.5亿元，但以金融科技和企业服务为代表的数字经济与实体经济融合相关业务的收入创下1770.6亿元的新高。
The group's previous cash cow, Fila, recorded a drop in revenue for the first time, down 1.4 percent year-on-year to 21.5 billion yuan.
该集团之前的摇钱树Fila的收入首次出现下降，同比下降1.4%，至215亿元。
Zhu Danpeng, a food and drink analyst in China, forecasts that the company is to have an explosive recovery this year and the drop in volume last year was only temporary.
中国食品饮料分析师朱丹蓬预测，该公司今年将出现爆炸性复苏，而去年销量的下降只是暂时的。
However, citing an industry downturn and complex external uncertainties, the company said that revenue could drop between 10 percent and 12 percent in the first quarter of 2023.
然而，该公司表示，由于行业低迷和复杂的外部不确定性，2023年第一季度的收入可能会下降10%至12%。
And even if the external environment remains stable, revenue is likely to drop by a low-teens percentage on a yearly basis.
即使外部环境保持稳定，收入也可能以每年10%的比例下降。
In the past two years, revenues of hypermarkets in the country have declined quickly due to a drop in traffic to the stores, amid fierce competition with convenience stores and small-sized supermarkets, as well as high-end membership stores, not to mention the impacts from e-commerce players during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an industry report from Kantar.
根据Kantar的一份行业报告，在过去两年里，由于与便利店、小型超市以及高端会员店的激烈竞争，中国大型超市的收入迅速下降，更不用说新冠肺炎疫情期间电子商务参与者的影响了。
Suning Group has seen its market share drop from 2.3 percent in the third quarter of 2021 to 1.7 percent in one year, according to their research.
根据他们的研究，苏宁集团的市场份额在一年内从2021年第三季度的2.3%下降到1.7%。
As demand dwindled, vendors shipped fewer than 1.2 billion units last year, leading to a 12 percent drop in annual shipments.
随着需求的减少，供应商去年的出货量不到12亿台，导致年出货量下降了12%。
Due to the sudden drop in temperature recently, some sections of the gas pipeline could not provide gas normally.
由于最近气温骤降，部分天然气管道无法正常供气。
The drop in January-November profits was mainly driven by declining profits in the steel and oil processing sectors and two key COVID-19 vaccine enterprises, NBS senior statistician Zhu Hong said in a statement accompanying the data.
国家统计局高级统计师朱红在数据附带的一份声明中表示，1月至11月利润下降的主要原因是钢铁和石油加工行业以及两家新冠肺炎疫苗关键企业的利润下降。
It is designed to empower Generation Z consumers — those born between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s — and content creators, including internet celebrities, key opinion consumers, drop shippers and brand owners.
它旨在增强Z世代消费者（出生于20世纪90年代中期至21世纪初）和内容创作者的能力，包括网络名人、关键观点消费者、托运人和品牌所有者。
Microsoft, however — which is considered to be less of a direct competitor to TikTok — has not witnessed such a notable drop in ad revenue, it said.
然而，微软表示，其广告收入并没有出现如此显著的下降。微软被认为不是TikTok的直接竞争对手。
A pullback in advertising spending cramped YouTube's revenue in the third quarter, with Google's video platform notching $7.07 billion in ad sales, a decline of 1.9 percent from a year earlier, representing its first year-on-year drop in at least two years.
广告支出的回落限制了YouTube第三季度的收入，谷歌视频平台的广告销售额为70.7亿美元，同比下降1.9%，这是至少两年来的首次同比下降。
China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) saw increased revenue and smaller profit drop in the first eight months of this year, official data showed.
官方数据显示，今年前8个月，中国国有企业收入增加，利润下降幅度较小。
Though down by 17 percent year-on-year, the decrease was narrowed from a 23 percent drop in the first quarter.
尽管同比下降了17%，但降幅较第一季度的23%有所收窄。
According to an implementation plan for carbon peak in industrial fields released by the government on Monday, energy consumption per unit of industrial value added should drop 13.5 percent in 2025 compared with that in 2020, in addition to a drastic decline in carbon dioxide emissions per unit of industrial value added.
根据政府周一发布的工业领域碳达峰实施计划，除单位工业增加值二氧化碳排放量大幅下降外，2025年单位工业增加价值能耗将比2020年下降13.5%。
It also attributed a drop in gross merchandise sales in March to the impact of COVID-19.
它还将3月份商品销售总额的下降归因于新冠肺炎的影响。
"The company can stanch its slide if virus cases drop and cause restrictions to be lifted, spurring a rise in buying sentiment by fiscal Q2," said Catherine Lim, analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, in a research note.
彭博资讯（Bloomberg Intelligence）分析师凯瑟琳·林（Catherine Lim）在一份研究报告中表示：“如果病毒病例下降并取消限制，到第二财季，该公司可以遏制下滑，从而刺激购买情绪上升。”。
Analysts attributed the drop in crude imports and decreasing energy dependency to increasing efforts by domestic energy companies in local oilfield exploration and exploitation in the past few years.
分析人士将原油进口下降和能源依赖性下降归因于过去几年国内能源公司在当地油田勘探和开采方面加大了力度。
The growth came despite the fact that US patent grants overall declined about 7 percent last year, the most precipitous drop in the past decade.
尽管去年美国专利授权总体下降了约7%，这是过去十年中最急剧的下降，但这一增长还是出现了。
However, despite the drop in sales, more than half of the Top 100 stayed profitable, with 13 companies still reporting double-digit net profit margins.
然而，尽管销售额有所下降，但前100名中有一半以上保持盈利，13家公司的净利润率仍达到两位数。
"In 2022, the price of lithium will witness a slight increase, and the price is expected to gradually drop to a reasonable range in 2023," Cui said.
崔表示：“2022年，锂价格将小幅上涨，预计2023年价格将逐步回落至合理区间。”。
Revenue of China's home appliance sector reached 760.3 billion yuan in 2021, up 3.6 percent year-on-year, but saw a drop of 7.4 percent compared with its 2019 performance, said All View Cloud or AVC, a Beijing-based consultancy specializing in the home appliance sector.
总部位于北京的专注于家电行业的咨询公司All View Cloud表示，2021年，中国家电行业的收入达到760.3亿元，同比增长3.6%，但与2019年相比下降了7.4%。
"I missed out on the Beijing Epic box drop, so I'm excited to get a chance at a Legendary box," @TimMount tweeted.
@TimMount在推特上写道：“我错过了《北京史诗》的票房，所以我很高兴能有机会进入传奇票房。”。
The Citi report further noted that the Japan External Trade Organization's survey showed that for Japanese firms, China still ranked as the No 1 destination for overseas expansion and their willingness to invest in China increased by 1.8 percentage points year-on-year to 48.1 percent in 2020, following a drop of 3.6 percentage points year-on-year in 2019.
花旗的报告进一步指出，日本对外贸易组织的调查显示，对于日本企业来说，中国仍然是海外扩张的头号目的地，他们在中国的投资意愿在2019年同比下降3.6个百分点后，2020年同比上升1.8个百分点，达到48.1%。
The progress came as total US patent grants declined about 7 percent from 2020 to 327,329 awards last year, the most precipitous drop in the past decade, said IFI Claims.
IFI Claims表示，这一进展发生之际，美国专利授权总额从2020年下降了约7%，降至去年的327329项，这是过去十年来最急剧的下降。
For the three months ending in September, the company saw a 2 percent drop in profit based on non-IFRS adjustments, which exclude the likes of share-based compensation and merger and acquisition-related impacts.
在截至9月的三个月里，该公司的利润下降了2%，这是基于非《国际财务报告准则》的调整，不包括基于股份的薪酬和并购相关的影响。
September traditionally ushers in a sales peak in the China real estate market, but China Evergrande, which is currently besieged by negative news coverage, expected its sales to drop further this month as potential homebuyers are cautious about making purchases due to a lack of confidence.
9月通常是内地楼市的传统销售旺季，但如今负面消息缠身的中国恒大，本月销售额料将进一步下挫，因潜在购房者对购房缺乏信心，担心风险，捂紧了“钱袋子”。
"While China National Petroleum Corp is eyeing the development of a low-cost hydrogen value chain and to build hydrogen refueling stations in anticipation of a drop in petrol demand from road transport, Sinopec－with the largest downstream market presence in the country－has the most ambitious hydrogen plans in place, and hydrogen for the transport sector will likely be its top priority," Cao said.
曹说：“虽然中国石油正在着眼于开发低成本氢价值链，并计划建设加氢站，以应对公路运输对汽油需求的下降，但在中国下游市场占有最大份额的中国石化拥有最为宏伟的氢能发展计划，其中交通用氢很可能被放在优先位置。”
A walkie-talkie has to pass repetitive drop tests and button-pressing trials to meet factory inspection standards.
为了达到工厂检验标准，对讲机必须通过重复的跌落测试和按键试验。这句话的意思是，在出厂前，对讲机需要经历多次从一定高度跌落的测试，以及反复按压按钮的试验，以确保其耐用性和可靠性。这些测试是确保产品质量和性能的重要环节。
Evergrande China reported its revenue declined 16.5 percent year-on-year to 222.69 billion yuan ($34.45 billion) in the first half, with a drop of 28.87 percent in net profit that totaled 10.5 billion yuan during the same period, the listed company announced on Tuesday.
中国恒大周二发布公告称，今年上半年，公司实现营业收入2226.9亿元人民币（约合344.5亿美元），同比下滑16.5%；净利润105亿元人民币，同比下降28.87%。
The group expects to post a net profit of between 9 billion yuan and 15 billion yuan in the first six months this year, a drop of between 29 percent and 39 percent from a year ago, said the announcement.
公告说，预计今年上半年集团将实现净利润90-150亿元人民币，比上年同期下降29%-39%。
Last year, airfreight was the bright spot in air transportation, as the market adapted to keep goods moving, including vaccines, personal protective equipment and vital medical supplies, despite the massive drop in capacity from passenger aircraft, the International Air Transport Association said in a new report released this week.
国际航空运输协会在本周发布的一份新报告中指出，去年，在航空运输领域，航空货运成为一抹亮色，市场作出调整，确保货物运输畅通，包括疫苗、个人防护装备和关键医疗物资，尽管受客运飞机运力大幅下降的影响。
Meanwhile, total net profit of this year's listed companies was $1.6 trillion, down 20 percent year-on-year, the biggest drop since 2009.
同时，今年上市公司实现的净利润总额为1.6万亿美元，同比减少20%，创下自2009年以来的最大跌幅。
Not to advance is to drop back.
“不进则退。”这是这句英文谚语的中文翻译。这句谚语的意思是，如果我们不在生活、工作或学习中持续进步和努力，我们就会落后。这是一种鼓励人们持续努力和进取的精神。
According to Euromonitor International, Enfamil, a leading brand of Reckitt, has seen its market value drop from 4.6 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2019.
根据欧睿国际的数据，Reckitt旗下的领先品牌Enfamil的市场价值从2018年的4.6降至2019年的4.0。
For example, sales of non or low alcohol beer declined to 53.4 million liters in 2020 from 59.9 million liters a year before, according to Euromonitor International, "largely due to a drop in low-end beer sales", said Zhu.
例如，据欧睿国际数据显示，2020年非酒精或低度酒精啤酒的销量下降至5340万升，而前一年为5990万升，“这主要归因于低端啤酒销量的下滑”，朱说。
Another report from the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce& Animal By-products said that in the first half of 2020, China imported 3.64 million tons of fruit for a total value of $6.33 billion, reflecting an 8 percent year-on-year drop in volume and a 14 percent increase in value.
另一份来自中国食品土畜进出口商会的报告显示,2020年上半年,中国进口了364万吨水果,总价值63.3亿美元,进口量同比下降8%,但进口额增长14%。
Li Ziyue, an analyst with BloombergNEF, said although the company saw its profits drop last year due to the COVID-19-induced demand and lower oil prices, it was still committed to enhancing production, especially natural gas output this year.
BloombergNEF的分析师李自越表示，尽管该公司去年因新冠疫情导致的需求下降和油价下跌而利润下滑，但今年仍致力于提高产量，尤其是天然气产量。
Chongqing Brewery Company, a brewer based in Chongqing in Southwest China, achieved positive growth against the backdrop of a 7 percent drop in overall Chinese beer volumes in 2020, according to the company.
据该公司表示，在2020年中国啤酒总体销量下降7%的背景下，位于中国西南部重庆市的重啤公司实现了正增长。
In the United Arab Emirates, where water consumption is the most precious in the world, each drop of wasted water may add up to an environmental threat.
在世界上水资源最宝贵的阿拉伯联合酋长国，每一滴被浪费的水都可能构成环境威胁。
Taking its products for the United Arab Emirates as an example, Lu said the UAE has long been one of the countries with the highest water consumption per person in the world, and each drop of wasted water may bring environmental threats to this generation and beyond.
以阿联酋为例，卢表示，阿联酋长期以来一直是世界上人均水资源消耗量最高的国家之一，每一滴被浪费的水都可能给这一代及以后的人带来环境威胁。
It saw net revenue for 2020 drop 49 percent year-on-year to reach 18.3 billion yuan, according to the prospectus filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
根据向香港证券交易所提交的招股书，该公司2020年的净营收同比下降49%，至183亿元人民币。
Quanjude, an iconic Beijing roast duck restaurant chain which opened in 1864, is expected to see attributable net profit loss of 48 million yuan ($7.34 million) in the first quarter of 2021, the Beijing Business Today reported, citing the restaurant chain's Q1 earnings preannouncement, noting its attributable net profit continued to drop from 2017 to 2019.
据《北京商报》报道，京城标志性烤鸭连锁餐厅全聚德预计2021年第一季度归属于上市公司股东的净利润亏损4800万元(734万美元)，这是根据该餐厅的今年一季度业绩预告。报道还提到，全聚德2017年至2019年的归属于上市公司股东的净利润持续下滑。
Li Ziyue, an analyst with BloombergNEF, said although the Petro-China and CNOOC saw a 60 percent drop in annual profit after the pandemic-induced demand and price crash, they are still committed to enhancing production, especially natural gas output this year, given that energy security is the top priority.
BloombergNEF分析师李自越表示，尽管疫情导致需求和价格暴跌，中国石油和中海油去年利润锐减六成，但鉴于能源安全是当务之急，他们仍致力于提高产量，尤其是今年的天然气产量。
The company also reported a 42.9 percent drop in net profit to 32.92 billion yuan last year, as the pandemic dented fuel consumption amid months-long lockdowns.
该公司还表示，由于疫情导致燃料消费量下降，去年净利润锐减42.9%，至3292亿元人民币。
Despite the year-on-year drop by two thirds in global air passenger traffic, the transaction volume of UnionPay cards issued overseas has grown as the cards are used by local cardholders to make everyday purchases.
尽管全球航空客运量同比减少了三分之二，但境外发行的银联卡交易量仍在增长，因为持卡当地人正用这些卡进行日常购物。
China is targeting a drop of about 3 percent in energy consumption per unit of GDP and a continued reduction in the discharge of major pollutants in 2021, Suez said, based on the Government Work Report delivered at the annual session of the National People's Congress on March 5.
根据3月5日在全国人大年度会议上传达的政府工作报告，中国的目标是2021年单位GDP能耗下降约3%，主要污染物排放量继续减少，苏伊士表示。
Globally, the number is expected to fall by 15 percent year-on-year, and the main drop came from tourism and private transport segments.
预计全球范围内，这一数字将同比下降15%，其中旅游和私人交通板块的下降幅度最大。
A report from market consultancy Canalys showed that Samsung shipped 53.7 million smartphones, a 30 percent drop versus the same period last year, taking up an 18.9 percent share in the global smartphone market.
市场咨询机构Canalys的报告显示，三星智能手机出货量为5370万部，同比下降30%，在全球智能手机市场的份额为18.9%。
It was only 3.34 percent drop when compared with the same period last year, but was still 17.9 percent higher than the same period in 2018.
The global construction machinery sector has been on a downward trend since last July and some developed markets have seen a sales drop of more than 20 percent in the period between January and August.
"MyyShop connects China's powerful supply chain with global private domain traffic monetizers or influencers, helping overseas drop shippers to serve their local customers," Wang said.
Drop shippers are streamlined retailers who accept customer orders but do not stock the goods they sell.
In this context, MyyShop can make a difference through its rapid website creation, strict supplier selection, artificial intelligence-based product recommendation, smart finance, drop shipping, local delivery, full-channel logistics services and after-sales services, Wang said.
Haidilao, a leading hot pot restaurant chain in China, posted a significant drop in net profit for the first half of the year, largely due to the COVID-19 epidemic that led to a decline in customer flow.
The company cited the plummeting oil price and demand slump amid the COVID-19 outbreak for the drop in revenue.
"Also, we have accumulated word of mouth, which has led to a significant drop in customer acquisition costs," he added.
Market research firm eMarketers said in a report in June that retail sales in the US will drop 10.5 percent to $4.89 trillion this year, a level not seen since 2016.
The shoemaker Skechers US, for instance, saw overall quarterly sales drop 42 percent year-on-year but got some relief from 11.5 percent growth in China.
The material is competitive when compared to aluminosilicate of other companies, which can only survive a maximum 0.8-meter-high drop.
However, Country Garden and SUNAC both saw their sales drop 5.3 percent and 8.82 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Its global unit case volume shrank 16 percent, though showing trends of improving, from a decline of about 25 percent in April to a drop of about 10 percent in June.
- Haidilao, China's leading hot pot chain, has posted figures pointing to a likely drop in revenue for the first half of the year, due largely to the COVID-19 epidemic.
The company estimated a 20 percent drop in revenue year-on-year from January to June, according to its profit warning filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange.
That means air-freight time should drop to 3-5 days from the current 7-10 days.
There has been a 16 percent fall in such funding worldwide－the second steepest quarterly decline in the past 10 years, following a 36 percent drop during the third quarter of 2012.
As a result of the drop in the realized oil price and the rise of oil and gas sales, the unaudited revenue from oil and gas sales in the first quarter only dropped 5.5 percent to about 39.95 billion yuan, according to a statement from the company's website.
"The global oil and gas market was facing an unprecedented situation in the first quarter of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and sharp drop of international oil prices," Xu Keqiang, CEO of the company, said.
"The outbreak has caused a periodic drop in demand in the global display market and sped up the restructuring of the entire industry.
However, it suffered falling revenue due to the crisis as it raked in only 47.77 billion yuan in the first quarter, a year-on-year drop of 1.2 percent.
PetroChina, China's largest oil and gas producer, reported expansion in revenue in 2019, while its net profit saw a remarkable drop due to the slowing global economic growth and unrest in the international oil market.
The spread of the epidemic in Japan and a drop in Chinese visitors resulted in sluggish sales of the product.
According to Ye, Miniso had to cancel operations at more than half of its stores in the country, bringing a sales drop of 95 percent year-on-year in February.
The new business is not expected to offset the earlier drop in flight volumes in China and continuous expansion of the contagion worldwide.
Still, the company expected sales to drop more than 70 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020.
The company attributed the drop to a high level of subsidies that it had maintained in the face of market competition.
Its net income grew 12 percent to 1.918 billion euros, a drop from 20 percent in 2018.
When the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 7.72 percent on Feb 3－the first trading day after the unexpectedly extended Spring Festival－Zoy also saw its price drop by the daily limit of 10 percent to close at 21.32 yuan.
当基准的上证综合指数在2月3日（春节意外延长后的首个交易日）下跌了7.72%时，Zoy公司的股价也同样触及跌停板，单日跌幅达10%，最终以21.32元收盘。
But Credit Suisse said it expects the drop in semiconductor stocks to be temporary and it creates a buying opportunity.
As for Hong Kong Disneyland, McCarthy currently estimates the closure of the park could have an additional adverse impact on operating income of about $40 million for the second quarter, along with a significant drop in visitation.
At the end of last year, the average debt-to-asset ratio for central SOEs stood at 65.1 percent, a drop of 0.6 percentage points from the beginning of the year.
Sixty-four central SOEs saw their debt-to-asset ratio drop from the beginning of last year.
Once such companies report lower-than-expected sales, their share prices are likely to drop significantly, industry observers said.
In the past decade, Li said the cost of PV modules has dropped from about 40 yuan ($5.68) per watt to less than 2 yuan per watt with a drop of more than 90 percent.
"Global TV panel shipments will drop by 4.7 percent to 271 million units in 2020, compared with 284 million units this year, but the supply and demand of TV panels will balance it up in the first three quarters of next year," said Bian Zheng, deputy director of research at AVC Revo.
In comparison, Huawei procured about $11 billion products from US suppliers last year and the number is expected to drop significantly in 2019, after Washington prohibited the Chinese company in May this year from purchasing US technologies without special government approval.
The 90-acre site will allow customers to shop until they drop in luxury outlets like Saks Fifth Avenue, Hermes, and Tiffany & Co. Budget European retailer Primark will have a store and so too will US mall staples Sephora and lingerie brand Victoria's Secret.
However, net profit growth in the third quarter reached 10 billion yuan, up 17.11 percent, which is a drop from 31.91 percent in the first quarter and 20.29 percent in the second quarter this year.