I took the
gauge of the new secretary's ability.
我估量了一下新秘书的能力。
Their car's gas
gauge indicated that there was little gas left.
他们车上的汽油表显示剩下的油不多了。
Her response will help you
gauge what you should say next.
她的反应可以帮你衡量你接下来应该说的话。
This year marks the company's second consecutive year attending the CIIE, which has become a showcase of China's new development paradigm and a public gauge of global prosperity, said Zafer Unluer, senior vice-president of Organon and president of Organon China.
欧加农高级副总裁兼欧加农中国总裁Zafer Unluer表示，今年是该公司连续第二年参加进博会，进博会已成为中国新发展模式的展示和全球繁荣的公共衡量标准。
Editor's note: As the Chinese economic recovery accelerates, China Daily is talking with chief economists at international financial institutions to gauge their confidence in the Chinese economy and their forecast for its operation in 2023 and beyond.
编者按：随着中国经济复苏的加速，《中国日报》正在与国际金融机构的首席经济学家进行对话，以评估他们对中国经济的信心以及对2023年及以后经济运行的预测。
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。
Boosted by these factors, China's retail sales of consumer goods — a major gauge of consumption — grew 8.5 percent year-on-year to top 14.98 trillion yuan ($2.16 trillion) in the first four months of this year.
在这些因素的推动下，今年前四个月，作为消费主要指标的中国社会消费品零售额同比增长8.5%，达到14.98万亿元人民币（2.16万亿美元）。
Editor's Note: China Daily is publishing interviews with senior executives of major foreign enterprises to gauge their outlook for the Chinese economy, their operations in China and their business plans for 2023.
编者按：《中国日报》刊登了对主要外国企业高管的采访，以评估他们对中国经济的前景、在中国的运营以及2023年的商业计划。
Editor's Note: China Daily is publishing interviews with CEOs of major foreign enterprises to gauge their outlook for the Chinese economy, their operations in China and their business plans for 2023.
编者按：《中国日报》刊登了对主要外国企业首席执行官的采访，以评估他们对中国经济的前景、在中国的运营以及2023年的商业计划。
The Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway, contracted by China Rail Engineering Corporation (CREC) and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), is the first transboundary railway on the African continent.
埃塞俄比亚-吉布提标准轨距铁路由中国轨道工程总公司（CREC）和中国土木工程建设总公司（CCECC）承建，是非洲大陆上第一条跨境铁路。
Producer price inflation, one gauge of industrial profitability, showed an annual fall for a second month in November, rekindling worries about slowing demand and weak activity.
衡量工业盈利能力的生产者价格通胀在11月连续第二个月出现年度下降，重新引发了人们对需求放缓和活动疲软的担忧。
"Our company selected CCECC due to its successful track record in effectively accomplishing various landmark development projects in Ethiopia, including the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway," he added.
他补充道：“我们公司之所以选择CCECC，是因为它成功地完成了埃塞俄比亚的各种里程碑式发展项目，包括亚的斯亚贝巴-吉布提标准轨距铁路。”。
NAIROBI－The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration project of the Belt and Road Initiative, an official of the railway operator said.
内罗毕——肯尼亚蒙巴萨至内罗毕标准轨距铁路运营商负责人表示，该铁路已成为中非合作的旗舰项目、中国企业的“名片”和“一带一路”倡议的示范项目。
Nowadays, bulk cargo can be directly transported from Mombasa Port to the Kenya-Uganda border by rail, thanks to a transit line connecting the modern railway with a century-old meter gauge railway built by British colonists, which was completed this year.
如今，散装货物可以通过铁路从蒙巴萨港直接运输到肯尼亚-乌干达边境，这要归功于一条将现代铁路与英国殖民者建造的百年米轨铁路连接起来的过境线，该铁路已于今年完工。
"Before launch, global brands should set up low-cost programs to seed interest with Chinese audiences, gauge demand and recalibrate brand messaging to make them distinctive and relevant in China… and then support demand through cross-border intermediaries that are less expensive than setting up a flagship store outright," he said.
他说：“在推出之前，全球品牌应该建立低成本的项目，以激发中国观众的兴趣，衡量需求并重新调整品牌信息，使其在中国具有特色和相关性……然后通过跨境中介支持需求，这些中介比直接开旗舰店还便宜。”。
For instance, a digital transformation acceleration platform could be built to provide digital evaluation consulting, training and funding solutions for SMEs, and an index system could also be developed to better gauge SMEs' digitalization levels so as to offer more targeted help.
例如，可以建立数字化转型加速平台，为中小企业提供数字化评估咨询、培训和融资解决方案，还可以开发指标体系，更好地衡量中小企业的数字化水平，从而提供更有针对性的帮助。
"Using insurance penetration as a gauge of the sector's development, we see that although penetration in Shanghai rose to 4.8 percent in 2020, from 4.5 percent in the previous year, that is still well below the 2019 global average of 7.2 percent.
The Chinese company also helped to build the Lagos-Ibadan railway in Nigeria, the first modern standard gauge double track railway in West Africa and the longest on the continent.
Based on its experience from its operation and maintenance projects including the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya and the TT & AMT Expressways in Senegal, the company will focus on big-ticket projects like the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway to support its growth at the next level, said Wang Lijun, CRBC's vice-president.
The Lagos-Ibadan railway in Nigeria, the first modern standard gauge double track railway in West Africa and the longest on the continent, opened for service on June 10.
The index contains multiple sub-indexes to gauge the performances and expectations of SMEs.
Raking in revenue of roughly 12 billion yuan ($1.85 billion) last year, Bilibili saw monthly active users, a key gauge of user loyalty in the internet sector, rise 55 percent to reach 202 million from a year ago.
The San Francisco-based clothing retailer is working with an adviser to study various options and has reached out to prospective suitors to gauge interest for the business, said sources, according to Bloomberg.
The company is working with an adviser to study options and has reached out to prospective suitors to gauge interest for the business, said sources, who asked not to be identified as the information is private, according to Bloomberg.
The company is aiming to nearly double the number of monthly active users, a key gauge for user loyalty in the internet realm, to 400 million by 2023, he added.
The index contains multiple sub-indexes to gauge the performance and expectations of SMEs.
Zhang said the new pricing policy and the company's increasing emphasis on sustainable development are efforts to gauge the changing demands of Chinese consumers, which have become more noticeable since COVID-19 epidemic.
The sell-in shipments refers to the number of iPhones Apple sold to its retail partners in China, which can be used as a gauge for future demand.
In this series, China Daily website interviewed senior executives of well-known multinational companies to gauge their perceptions on China's remarkable resilience and their optimism about the post-epidemic recovery, as well as the long-term business prospects in China as the country remains an attractive market for investment.1.
In this series, China Daily website interviewed senior executives of well-known multinational companies to gauge their perceptions on China's remarkable resilience and their optimism about the post-epidemic recovery, as well as long-term business prospects in China as the country remains an attractive market for investment.1.
In this series, China Daily website interviewed senior executives of well-known multinational companies to gauge their perceptions on China's remarkable resilience and their optimism about post-epidemic recovery, as well as the long-term business prospects in China as the country remains an attractive market for investment.1.
"Huawei has helped us design over 4,000 parameters such as education indexes and health indexes to gauge the status of urban citizens.
"Wu went further to allay fears that Kenya's Chinese funded Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) would not be constructed beyond Naivasha town where China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC), an affiliate of CCCC is currently constructing an Inland Container Depot.
JPMorgan's results are closely watched by investors looking to gauge the health of the US economy.
He cited Kenya with the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway as an example.
"A critical gauge for evaluating the efficiency and profitability of a catering business is the so-called revenue-to-waiter ratio", Xu said.
He made the remarks during an Open Day event the group had organized this month to introduce its big-ticket projects such as the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, in Shantou and Guangzhou in Guangdong province.
Chinese video streaming provider iQiyi Inc has removed its view count feature in favor of a more comprehensive evaluation system to gauge videos' popularity, as it works to improve user experience and combat click farming.
China Communications Construction Company, the Chinese company constructing Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway, plans to put up two 800 cubic meter tanks to store underground water discovered during the construction of the 4.5 kilometer railway.
The digital transformation index was developed to gauge companies' digital proficiency across two critical capability sets: building intelligent operations and driving digital innovation.
So far this year, the Shenzhen-based company, which more than doubled in price last year, making the Hang Seng Index the world's best performing gauge in 2017, has seen its price drop off a cliff from its all-time high of HK$475.72, wiping $181 billion off its market value.
They had been sent by their company to study from their Chinese counterparts, with the aim of improving service on Kenya's standard gauge railway (SGR).
The Ibadan-Kaduna standard gauge line is designed to pass through the southwest region to the north, linking Osogbo-Ilorin-Minna to Kaduna, with a single track branch line from Osogbo to Ado-Ekiti, another southwestern city.
Cargo will be transported via the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway, known as the SGR, from Mombasa to Nairobi, which launched cargo services on Jan 1, 2018.
Without multi-touch attribution, marketers would find it difficult to gauge the efficiency of their marketing channels.
Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated 10 additional coaches and two locomotive engines to the existing ones to boost the country's first completed standard gauge railway modernization project assisted by China.
The standard gauge railway service was open for commercial operation on July 28, 2016, to provide the much-needed alternative transport link between the nation's capital city and Kaduna, a corridor of growing labor force which has a huge potential for industries and agricultural activities.
"We are moving forward to more efficient narrow gauge lines to be driven by the private sector, it's on the basis of this that we are creating a more conducive environment for private sector participation," the Nigerian leader said.
On Wednesday, the company also unveiled a processor named Sunrise to power smart cameras, which can recognize consumers'xa0facial expressionsxa0and help gauge how much they like a commodity.
First listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004, the 19-year-old company's shares have more than doubled in price this year, putting the benchmark Hang Seng Index on course to become the world's best-performing gauge.
"We will make use of our alliances with other financial technology companies such as Zhima Credit, a unit of Alibaba subsidiary Ant Financial, to gauge the creditworthiness of our future tenants," said Xiong Lin, chief executive officer of Ziroom.
"The fund is a market gauge of the effort to push forward SOEs' structural reform using State capital," said Zhu Bixin, president of the CSRF.
But he admitted that the profits would be minuscule for now and it would be difficult to gauge whether the same would grow as per market expectations in the future.
"Mobilizing technology to gauge people's credibility tackles that problem.
BEIJING — China's largest train maker CRRC Corporation confirmed Friday that its subsidiary CRRC Qishuyan Co Ltd has secured a business order for the maintenance of Kenya's Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
A worker from China National Petroleum Corp checks the figures on a gauge.
In addition to rail cars sold to South Korea, CRRC Qiqihar has shipped the first 60 cargo cars to the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya, with a second group of 500 on their way.
The company's global sales accounted for 35 percent of its annual sales revenue last year, due to the rapid growth of business in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, including Gwadar Port in Pakistan's Baluchistan region, Sri Lanka's Colombo International Financial City project and the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya.
The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, is expected to witness a moderate increase this year, as China looks to bolster domestic demand and shift from the post-COVID consumption recovery to one of sustained expansion, officials and analysts said.
Fixed-asset investment - a gauge of expenditures on items including infrastructure, property, machinery and equipment – rose by 3 percent in 2023, while in the first 11 months, it grew by 2.9 percent.
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday that the country's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, dropped by 0.3 percent year-on-year in December after a 0.5 percent drop in November.
The growth in core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the supply-demand dynamic in the economy, came in at 0.6 percent year-on-year in December, the same as in November.
A career spanning over five years at the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway has changed the 33-year-old's life dramatically, as he is not only earning a living, but also pursuing a career.
The country's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, dropped by 0.3 percent year-on-year in December, the NBS said, after a 0.5 percent drop in November.
The growth in core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the supply-demand relationship in the economy, came in at 0.6 percent year-on-year in December, the same as November.
China's consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, dropped by 0.5 percent year-on-year in November, following a 0.2 percent dip in October, indicating that demand remained weak.
China's retail sales, a gauge of consumption, have rebounded since August and rose by 10.1 percent year-on-year in November, while investment lagged behind as total fixed-asset investment expanded by 2.9 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2023 due to a slump in real estate development, according to the NBS.
The sub-index for production came in at 50.2 in December from 50.7 in November, while the gauge for new orders declined to 48.7 in December from 49.4 a month earlier, the NBS said.
Although a ceiling of 3 percent has been historically applied to the consumer price index — a main gauge of inflation — it is proposed that a minimum limit of 1 percent be established in order to help boost expectations.
The Chinese currency was in third place for this gauge in October.
As part of BRI cooperation, Chinese companies have helped Africa build rail infrastructure that has boosted two-way trade and improved transportation services among nations, such as the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway and the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway project.
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed China's value-added industrial output - a gauge of activity in the manufacturing, mining and utilities sectors - grew by 6.6 percent from a year earlier in November, up from the 4.6 percent rise in October.
In the January-November period, fixed-asset investment - a gauge of expenditures on items including infrastructure, property, machinery and equipment - grew by 2.9 percent compared with a year earlier, equal with the readings for the January-October period.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday offered the latest official snapshot of the pressures facing the economy, as the country's consumer price index — a main gauge of inflation — dropped by 0.5 percent year-on-year in November after a 0.2 percent dip in October.
The growth in core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the supply-demand relationship in the economy, came in at 0.6 percent year-on-year in November, the same as October.
The country's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, dipped by 0.5 percent year-on-year in November, the NBS said, after a 0.2 percent drop in October.
The gauge for new orders remained in the expansionary territory for the fourth consecutive month, recording the highest reading since June.
The report showed that the gauge for new export orders contracted for the fifth straight month in November.
The sub-index for production came in at 50.7 in November from 50.9 in October, while the gauge for new orders declined to 49.4 in November from 49.5 a month earlier, the NBS said.
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed China's retail sales, a gauge of consumption, grew by 7.6 percent from a year earlier in October, up from the 5.5 percent growth in September.
Figures released by the NBS showed that China's retail sales — a gauge of consumption — grew 7.6 percent year-on-year in October, up from 5.5 percent in September.
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed China's value-added industrial output - a gauge of activity in the manufacturing, mining and utilities sectors - grew by 4.6 percent from a year earlier in October, up from the 4.5 percent rise in September.
In the January-October period, fixed-asset investment - a gauge of expenditures on items including infrastructure, property, machinery and equipment - grew by 2.9 percent compared with a year earlier, while, in the January-September period, it increased 3.1 percent year-on-year.
The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, dipped 0.2 percent year-on-year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, versus a flat reading in September and marking the second such decline so far this year following a 0.3 percent drop in July.
The growth in core CPI — which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the supply-demand relationship in the economy — came in at 0.6 percent year-on-year in October, down from 0.8 percent a month earlier, the NBS said.
The country's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, dipped by 0.2 percent year-on-year in October, the NBS said, after a flat reading in September, marking the second negative growth so far this year following a 0.3 percent drop in July.
The growth in core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the supply-demand relationship in the economy, came in at 0.6 percent year-on-year in October, down from 0.8 percent a month earlier.
Launched in 1957 and held twice yearly, the fair is considered a major gauge of China's foreign trade.
The subindex for production came in at 50.9 in October, down from 52.7 in September, while the gauge for new orders declined to 49.5 in October from 50.5 in September, the NBS said.
The sub-index for production came in at 50.9 in October from 52.7 in September, while the gauge for new orders declined to 49.5 in October from 50.5 in September, the NBS said.
Figures released by the NBS showed China's value-added industrial output - a gauge of activity in the manufacturing, mining and utilities sectors - grew by 4.5 percent in September from a year earlier, flat with the figure in August.
Editor's note:xa0As the Chinese economic recovery accelerates, China Daily is talking with chief economists at international financial institutions to gauge their confidence in the Chinese economy and their forecast for its operation in 2023 and beyond.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, remained unchanged from a year earlier, down from a 0.1 percent year-on-year rise in August, said the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
The growth in the core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the true supply-demand relationship in the economy, rose by 0.8 percent year-on-year last month.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, remained unchanged from a year earlier, down from a 0.1 percent year-on-year rise in August, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The growth in core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and is deemed a better gauge of the supply-demand relationship in the economy, rose by 0.8 percent year-on-year in September, flat with the reading in August.
Retail sales, a major gauge of China's consumption vitality, grew 8.2 percent year-on-year in the first half to 22.76 trillion yuan ($3.1 trillion), with a contribution to economic growth of 77.2 percent, said the National Bureau of Statistics.
In Africa, the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, constructed by Chinese enterprises, has played a vital role in Kenya's social and economic development.
As manufacturers' purchasing activity recovers while commodity prices rally, the country's inflation may also recover, with the year-on-year decline in the producer price index, a gauge of factory-gate prices, likely to narrow from 3 percent in August to about 2.4 percent in September, said Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank.
"Although China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, saw a negative growth of — 0.3 percent in July year-on-year, the CPI resumed a positive 0.1-percent growth in August while new renminbi loans came in at 1.36 trillion yuan ($186 billion), up 6.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed.
Editor's note:xa0As the Chinese economic recovery accelerates, China Daily is talking with chief economists at international financial institutions, to gauge their confidence in the Chinese economy and their forecast for its operation in 2023 and beyond.
China's consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, showed a positive growth of 0.1 percent year-on-year in August amid recovering domestic demand characterized by accelerated retail sales, a pickup in lending activity and signs of a property market uptick in some regions, official data showed.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, is likely to continue to recover as the upcoming holidays of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are expected to boost market demand for food and services, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.