His house is in close
proximity to ours.
他的房子很接近我们的。
They chose the house for its
proximity to the school.
他们选中这所房子是因为它离学校近。
The college is popular because of its
proximity to Beijing.
这座学院因靠近北京而备受欢迎。
The
proximity of the school to our home is a major convenience.
（学校离我们家很近，这非常方便。）
Due to the
proximity of the deadline, we need to work overtime to finish the project.
（由于截止日期临近，我们需要加班来完成项目。）
The
proximity sensor on the phone detects when it's near your ear and turns off the screen.
（手机上的接近传感器能检测到它靠近你的耳朵时，会自动关闭屏幕。）
Living in
proximity to nature has a positive impact on mental health.
（居住在接近自然的地方对心理健康有积极影响。）
The
proximity of the two countries has led to a long history of cultural exchange.
（两国地理位置相近，促成了悠久的文化交流历史。）
The
proximity of the beach makes this hotel a popular destination for tourists.
（酒店靠近海滩，使得它成为游客们的热门选择。）
In urban planning,
proximity to public transportation is a key consideration.
（在城市规划中，靠近公共交通是一个关键考虑因素。）
The artist was inspired by the
proximity of the mountains and the sea in her paintings.
（这位艺术家在她的画作中受到了山与海相邻的启发。）
Proximity to a major airport is crucial for the success of the logistics company.
（靠近大型机场对物流公司成功至关重要。）
The children were warned to stay away from the fireplace due to the
proximity of the flames.
（由于火焰的接近，孩子们被警告远离壁炉。）
"We have the proximity to better service our customers in China and across the Asia-Pacific region," said Angela Cackovich, president of Clariant's adsorbents& additives unit and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
科莱恩吸附剂和添加剂部门及欧洲、中东和非洲（EMEA）地区总裁Angela Cackovich表示：“我们能够为中国和亚太地区的客户提供更好的服务。”。
The group said its growing investments in Guangdong are driven by the many business opportunities China's largest provincial economy by GDP volume in 2022 has to offer, due to its immense economic potential, strategic location within the GBA and proximity to the markets.
该集团表示，其在广东的投资增长是由2022年中国GDP规模最大的省级经济体所提供的许多商机推动的，因为其巨大的经济潜力、在GBA内的战略位置以及靠近市场。
"We have the proximity to better service customers in China and across the Asia-Pacific region," said Angela Cackovich, president of BU Adsorbents & Additives, and Clariant EMEA Region.
“我们在中国和整个亚太地区都有更好的服务客户，”BU吸附剂和添加剂以及科莱恩EMEA地区总裁Angela Cackovich说。
Chinese firms recognize advantages in region to boost internationalizationLower costs, a more friendly business environment and cultural proximity are among the key factors that now drive Chinese enterprises to prioritize international expansion in Asia, industry observers said.
行业观察人士表示，中国企业认识到在该地区的优势，可以促进国际化。较低的成本、更友好的商业环境和文化氛围是促使中国企业优先考虑在亚洲进行国际扩张的关键因素。
Lower costs, a more friendly business environment, and cultural proximity are among the key factors that are driving Chinese enterprises to prioritize international expansion in Asia instead of the European and North American these days, Nancy Wang, the newly appointed China Country Manager at LinkedIn, a California-based professional networking platform provider, said during a media interview in Shanghai on Thursday.
总部位于加利福尼亚州的专业网络平台提供商领英（LinkedIn）新任命的中国区域经理Nancy Wang表示，如今，更低的成本、更友好的商业环境和文化接近是促使中国企业优先考虑在亚洲而非欧洲和北美进行国际扩张的关键因素，周四在上海接受媒体采访时说。
These purchasing behaviors require companies to maintain proximity to their customers in order to adapt swiftly.
这些购买行为要求公司与客户保持距离，以便迅速适应。
Airbus said the center would take advantage of the skilled aviation and hydrogen technologies in the Yangtze River Delta region, and gain from its proximity to the region's strong aeronautical and hydrogen supply chain.
空中客车公司表示，该中心将利用长三角地区熟练的航空和氢能技术，并从靠近该地区强大的航空和氢供应链中获益。
The increased production capabilities of the plant positions us to meet the demands of the region while simultaneously ensuring more proximity to a strategically important customer base," said Jace Wang, Head of Propylene at Clariant Catalysts.
Clariant Catalysts丙烯主管Jace Wang表示：“工厂生产能力的提高使我们能够满足该地区的需求，同时确保更接近具有重要战略意义的客户群。
Australia is the largest iron ore supplier for China due to its abundant resources and relative proximity, accounting for 67 percent of China's total imports in January-July, said Zhu.
朱说，澳大利亚是中国最大的铁矿石供应国，由于其丰富的资源和相对接近，占中国1-7月进口总额的67%。
Debrecen is located at the heart of Europe, and with close proximity to some auto plants of its customers such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Stellantis and Volkswagen, CATL said that the Debrecen plant will enable it to better cope with the battery demands of the European market, improve its global production network development, and help accelerate e-mobility and energy transition in Europe.
CATL表示，德布勒森工厂位于欧洲的心脏地带，靠近梅赛德斯-奔驰、宝马、Stellantis和大众等客户的一些汽车工厂，将使其能够更好地应对欧洲市场的电池需求，改善其全球生产网络发展，并有助于加快欧洲的电动汽车和能源转型。
Strategically positioned in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China, the research center will be supported from its proximity to the region's strong aeronautical and hydrogen related supply chain.
该研究中心战略定位于中国长江三角洲地区，将得到该地区强大的航空和氢相关供应链的支持。
In China, the deal also offers closer proximity to customers, contributing to overcoming challenges because of supply chain shortages during the pandemic, the executive said.
这位高管表示，在中国，这笔交易还提供了更接近客户的机会，有助于克服疫情期间供应链短缺带来的挑战。
"Its close proximity to the market allows us to intimately understand and act on local consumer trends and preferences, accelerating new product creation from concept to the moment it hits store shelves in record time," he said.
他说：“它离市场很近，使我们能够密切了解当地消费者的趋势和偏好并采取行动，在创纪录的时间内加速新产品从概念到上架的创造。”。
In addition to choosing workspaces located near the homes of employees, companies look for proximity to the market, clients and partners, IWG said.
IWG表示，除了选择位于员工家附近的工作场所外，公司还希望靠近市场、客户和合作伙伴。
This investment will be of great benefit to our company's positioning and customer proximity in the entire region," said Hans Bohnen, COO of Clariant.
This investment will be of great benefit to our company's positioning and customer proximity in the entire region.
"Long-term forecasts for petrochemical demand, proximity to markets and a well thought out feedstock base give us confidence that Amur will be a highly effective and competitive business that will help Sibur gain a strong foothold in both Russia and globally," said Dmitry Konov, Sibur's CEO.
"The close proximity to Chinese patients and customers will enable us to develop better disruptive products for them and tap into the high digital capabilities in China. "
The company also intends to improve logistics delivery efficiency through deploying AAVs and leveraging Llíria's geographic advantages in its close proximity to Valencia, an important European port, and its location surrounded by the sea, islands and mountains.
The geological proximity of Yunnan province to Southeast Asian countries can also bring opportunities for the three players.
"Guangzhou's rising tech sector, proximity to global supply chains, reliable infrastructure, highly educated workforce, and long history as a gateway between China and the West makes it an ideal venue for such a gathering," Chandler said.
Our advantage may include a good relationship between China and Japan in various aspects, and geographical and cultural proximity.
Foshan is in close proximity to the Greater Bay Area that connects Guangdong province, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
Angie Yu of Two Rivers Fisheries said she would likely put Arkansas on top of her list when her firm expands business, given the state's proximity to her Kentucky plant.
It has invested in how to get products developed and tested quickly in the Chinese market by locating its facilities in the proximity of markets, top universities, local entrepreneurs and startup environments, as well as suppliers.
Conglomerate manufacturer 3M opened its first design center in China on Tuesday, underscoring the importance of localization and proximity to customers to long-term business growth.
“We are operating a high-touch and service-oriented product, and the personal interaction, the attentiveness, the proximity to our clients is a major aspect we don’t want to replace with robots,” he explains.
Speakers and participants said India provides a near-perfect fit, in terms of proximity, massive scale, common cultural elements, the fast-evolving mobile internet sphere and the needs of the society.
Also, made-in-China cobots cost nearly 20 percent less on average, thanks to resources being available in close proximity to production centers, according to an industry blue paper on cobots published on Nov 8.
"It has a number of advantages, including proximity to the Airbus final assembly line in Europe, and we also have a very strong engineering and R&D function there," he said.
Hambotana Port holds enormous potential in future expansion, given its proximity to South Asia and East Africa and its position as a hub port in the region, the company said.
The project will benefit from its proximity to raw materials－with a large para-xylene facility operating in Jazan Economic City－and to the Middle Eastern and North African markets, with Middle East alone importing 3 million tons of PTA annually, mainly from East Asia, Lin said, adding that Saudi Arabia currently has no PTA production.
[Photo provided to China Daily]A selling point for Fuling to put its factory in Lehigh Valley was the region's proximity to the rest of the Eastern seaboard and the Port of Newark, providing easy access to about 30 to 40 percent of the company's US customers.
"The proximity of Wanda's two investments means Wanda has more flexibility to provide its own unique products, because the land it has is large enough to allow for that.
Euronet chief executive officer Mike Brown said last week that a deal with the Chinese company posed a risk to national security and was unlikely to get clearance from US regulators due to the proximity of many MoneyGram vendors to US military bases.
Fujian is encouraged to leverage its geographical proximity and advance such key reform initiatives as cross-Strait trade in goods and mutual recognition of professional qualifications on a priority basis.
In their view, the Greater Bay Area enjoys close geographical proximity, cultural ties and trade connections with the 10-member Southeast Asian grouping, offering immense potential for increased cooperation.
As a factory developer, I enjoy having a consistent work environment with resources located in close proximity.
For instance, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has recently embraced a robust season of fruit imports from Southeast Asian markets, capitalizing on the favorable climate, proximity to China and preferential tariff policies.
The proximity within supply chains makes China an attractive and economically viable investment destination, said Poirot, who is also president of the Council of Association of International Chemical Manufactures.
Hainan is well positioned to serve as an important hub for comprehensive strategic cooperation between China and ASEAN countries due to its geographic proximity, Wang said.
"Guangxi's proximity to Thailand gives it easier access to the Chinese market for Thai fruit exporters.
"As some companies have shifted their production lines out of China, the country needs to further consolidate its industry clusters with stronger business advantages underpinned by a skilled local workforce and the availability of strong local suppliers in proximity to one another.
With Lingang's proximity to Yangshan port and its favorable free trade policies, this facility will provide agile and sustainable solutions, connecting and simplifying our customers' supply chains, " said Caroline Wu, managing director of Maersk Greater China.
The hub will provide proximity to global financial centers and connectivity with international infrastructure ecosystems, Jin said.
Located in East China's Jiangsu province, the park provides physical proximity for Israeli firms to get funds and collaborate with Chinese companies in industrial research and development, becoming a prototype project for innovative cooperation between the two countries.
"Potentials from the geographic proximity of the two nations will be fully unleashed to tighten economic ties and benefit enterprises and people.
According to the ministry, more efforts will also be made to nurture advanced manufacturing clusters－industrial groupings formed by a large number of companies and institutions in proximity that carry out mutual cooperation and exchanges.
"Advanced manufacturing clusters, however, are based not just on physical proximity among industrial enterprises, but on deeper cooperation among companies to promote the development of local economies," Cheng said.
But broadening access to opportunities in China has provided a way out for many emerging markets, especially members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as they can leverage their geographical proximity to China and the country's opening-up agenda to gain an edge in the reshaped globalization landscape, Liu said.
Guangxi is at the forefront of China's opening-up to ASEAN thanks to its geographical proximity, and the region has seen its cross-border e-commerce sector boom in recent years on the back of strong trade with ASEAN.
An advanced manufacturing cluster refers to an industrial grouping formed by a large number of companies and institutions in proximity that carry out mutual cooperation and exchanges.
Ryan Zhou, Vice President of NielsenIQ China, said by 2025, 65 percent of retail consumption will be on digital and proximity offline channels.
An advanced manufacturing cluster refers to an industrial grouping formed by many companies and institutions in proximity that carry out cooperation and exchanges.
"The advanced manufacturing clusters, however, are based not just on physical proximity among industrial enterprises, but on deeper cooperation among companies to promote the development of local economies," Cheng said.
"The data centers in Zhongwei serve a total of more than 4,000 enterprises and government institutions, including ministries, partly due to Ningxia's proximity to Beijing compared with other western regions of the country, Mai said.
"Rajch, also the external affairs director of the PSPA, Poland's largest NGO promoting e-mobility, said that in addition to good economic conditions and low costs for starting businesses, Poland also has a "skilled workforce and proximity to the largest automotive market in the European Union, the German market.
"Airbus continues to expand and enhance its comprehensive cooperation with China's aviation industry, underlining its long-term commitment to China to ensure customer proximity while supporting the global commercial aircraft production ramp-up," Xu said.
徐（Xu）表示：“空客公司持续扩大并深化与中方航空产业的合作关系，这进一步彰显了我们对中国市场的长期承诺。我们旨在确保贴近客户需求，并支持全球商用飞机生产规模的提升。”
The acquisition included 210,000 sq m in all in Nantong, Taicang and Suzhou in Jiangsu province and Jiaxing in Zhejiang province, which are positioned as regional distribution centers, given their access to major transport networks across the Yangtze River Delta region and their proximity to Shanghai, MSREI experts said.
Jason Yu, managing director of Kantar Worldpanel China, said the retail channel shift further accelerated since the outbreak of COVID-19, reflected by the growth of e-commerce and proximity channels－small supermarkets, community stores and group buying－and the continued decline of traditional hypermarkets.
Two decades of development, and proximity to ports like Tianjin and to South Korea, helped it to boom, not necessarily with foreign investors, but with emerging domestic entrepreneurs and brands.
历经二十年的发展，加之与天津港等港口的毗邻优势以及与韩国的紧密联系，这里并非依赖外国投资者，而是凭借本土新兴企业家和品牌的力量实现了繁荣。
"Cheng said the country's retail landscape has experienced three phases: the transition from traditional mom-and-pop stores to hypermarket chains between 2000 to 2010; the massive digitalization leapfrog from 2010 to 2020; and the ongoing rivalry for customer loyalty, characterized largely by the rise of hyperlocal retail, which includes the popularization of proximity e-commerce and online-to-offline sales.
程表示，中国零售业格局经历了三个阶段：2000年至2010年，由传统夫妻店向大型连锁超市的转变；2010年至2020年，大规模数字化飞跃；以及当前以社区零售兴起为特征的顾客忠诚度争夺战，其中包括邻近电子商务的普及和线上线下融合销售。
According to Chen Sheng, president of the China Real Estate Data Academy, in some extreme cases, some old, small and shabby flats that are not even fit for living were traded at sky-high prices just because of their proximity to premium schools.
“中国房地产数据研究院院长陈升表示，在极端情况下，一些破旧不堪、不适合居住的老旧小户型住房，仅仅因为靠近优质学校，就能以天价成交。”
"Because of two holidays occurring in proximity to one another, with Losar, or Tibetan New Year, falling on Feb 12－working people in Tibet were given a longer holiday of 10 days.
由于两个节日恰好接近，藏历新年，也就是洛萨，落在2月12日，西藏的上班族因此获得了长达10天的假期。
The port has been increasingly favored by westward trains due to its geographical proximity to major Central Asian and European cities as well as local government support and convenient custom clearance policies, said Tang Chentao, manager of a local logistics company.
当地物流公司经理唐晨涛表示，由于该港口在地理位置上靠近中亚和欧洲的主要城市，以及得到地方政府的支持和便捷的海关清关政策，它越来越受到西行列车的青睐。
One passenger said when considering the idea, it would provide much more comfort as it can help avoid physical contact with and proximity to others.
"Proximity to good schools is always important to families.
Targeting consumers from the delta region, Du and a friend came up with the idea of building a resort in Huzhou at the beginning of 2016, based on the city's ecological advantages and geographical proximity to Shanghai and Jiangsu province.
Digital transformation can help expand the reach of patients that are not in proximity, or arriving at the site," he said.
Also, seniors living in proximity to the facility such as Wang can access services whenever they wish.
In Beijing, even inhabitable flats commanded very high prices in the market not very long ago because of their proximity to schools.
Given offshore wind farms' proximity to coastal city load centers in China, their steady development could mean they could potentially contribute more than half of the clean energy consumed in China in the future.
Thailand has remained one of the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists in the past few years, given its relatively cheaper prices, easier visa policies and proximity, according to Ctrip.
Ong believed the facility's proximity to Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, Shanghai Disneyland and the Haichang Polar Ocean Park is likely to generate combined effects and "create the Orlando-Los Angeles version of China".
Besides, Australia's proximity to China allows wines to be transported to the Chinese market quicker and cheaper," said Ryan Christianson, owner of Xanthos Wines, a winery in Napa Valley, California, and an industry expert.
Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics Corp chose Ontario as the site of its only autonomous test-track because of the harsh winters, along with its proximity to Blackberry's QNX unit, which produces the operating system.
Instead, the creation of legally independent units with "excellent market- and customer proximity" would allow Daimler to "better utilize the growth potential" in these areas.
Mexico, with its proximity to the North American market and relatively low labor costs, is a good choice.
Sectors that had to shut down because they could not function without unsafe human-to-human proximity will now (or soon) reopen.
EHang intends to improve logistics delivery efficiency through deploying AAVs and leveraging Lliria's geographic advantages of its proximity to Valencia, one of the important ports in Europe, and its location surrounded by sea, islands and mountains.
To adapt to the trend, IBM realized that geographical proximity matters.
Wang said Chinese tech companies' initial success in India is largely due to the similarity of the Indian and Chinese markets, as both nations are developing markets with a huge population and both have customers pursuing cost-effective goods, and their geographical proximity.
Meanwhile, the proximity to investment also makes Beijing an ideal place to start a new business.
As the bank's first overseas office, the hub in Abu Dhabi will provide proximity to global financial centers and connectivity with the international infrastructure ecosystem, Jin said.
The hub also provides proximity to global financial centers and connectivity with the international infrastructure ecosystem, which is important to maintaining the AIIB's commercial momentum.
Given their geographic proximity, APAC countries even have stronger trade links with China than with the rest of the world.
Interacciones executives plan to travel more frequently to China to increase their proximity to investors there.
Euronet chief executive officer Mike Brown said earlier this week that a deal with the Chinese company posed a risk to national security and was unlikely to get clearance from US regulators due to the proximity of many MoneyGram vendors to US military bases.
In addition, asset management professionals are attracted by the town's proximity to financial hubs in New York and its high yet affordable standard of living.
Chicken coops, pig pens, open-air toilets and residents' homes were in close proximity and rubbish lay on the ground.
Government departments should work together to strengthen the management of venues near schools, and bars or internet cafes are not allowed to do business in proximity to schools, it added.