Tom's misfortunes
spurred him to write.
汤姆的不幸遭遇激励着他写作。
Mary went to London on the
spur of the moment.
玛丽一时兴起就到伦敦去了
China has stepped up efforts to spur the circular economy and bring about a more efficient utilization of resources during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25).
“十四五”期间（2021-25年），中国加大了发展循环经济和提高资源利用效率的力度。
Chen Lei, chairman and co-CEO of PDD Holdings, said in an earnings call with investors that with the introduction of a series of policies to spur consumption, the company is seeing robust demand.
PDD控股董事长兼联合首席执行官陈磊在与投资者举行的电话财报会议上表示，随着一系列刺激消费的政策的出台，该公司的需求强劲。
China is one of the most active countries in the world in the field of AI and digitalization, and the company hopes to build an ecosystem in the country to spur innovations that help meet the demand for digital and personalized healthcare solutions, he added.
他补充道，中国是世界上人工智能和数字化领域最活跃的国家之一，该公司希望在中国建立一个生态系统，以刺激创新，帮助满足对数字化和个性化医疗解决方案的需求。
"This will further spur the high-end consumption market and drive more multinational health and nutrition companies to continuously invest in China.
“这将进一步刺激高端消费市场，并推动更多跨国健康和营养公司继续在中国投资。
The country has recently rolled out a raft of measures to spur the consumption of products and services such as automobiles, electronics, housing and home decor amid its broader push to boost momentum and stabilize the economy.
该国最近推出了一系列措施，刺激汽车、电子产品、住房和家居装饰等产品和服务的消费，以提振势头和稳定经济。
Ozawa also called for more stimulus measures to further spur purchasing appetites and unleash Chinese shoppers' consumption potential.
小泽还呼吁采取更多刺激措施，进一步刺激购买欲望，释放中国消费者的消费潜力。
Amid China's efforts to spur domestic consumption, and consumers' growing attention to specialized sports, heightened health consciousness and a variety of urban fitness options, the sportswear market in China is "growing, broad and attractive", the International Trade Administration said in its market insight report.
国际贸易管理局在其市场洞察报告中表示，随着中国努力刺激国内消费，消费者越来越关注专业运动、提高健康意识和各种城市健身选择，中国的运动服市场正在“增长、广阔和有吸引力”。
Beyond its green impact, the project is also set to spur socioeconomic development, as it is expected to generate around 1,600 local jobs and inject a projected $140 million in tax revenue, Lin added during the ceremony.
林在仪式上补充道，除了绿色影响外，该项目还将刺激社会经济发展，预计将为当地创造约1600个就业机会，并预计注入1.4亿美元的税收。
Citing the fixed-asset investment growth of 3.8 percent year-on-year in the first half, Long Chaocan, an investment consultant with China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd, said he expects further efforts to spur domestic demand and the national economy.
中国银河证券有限责任公司投资顾问龙朝灿表示，上半年固定资产投资同比增长3.8%，他预计将进一步努力刺激内需和国民经济。
Budweiser has launched the "BUD Ignitor" campaign in 10 key cities to help spur the nightlife economy since May.
自5月以来，百威在10个重点城市发起了“BUD Ignitor”活动，以帮助刺激夜生活经济。
Unilever is also eyeing opportunities generated by the nation's flourishing e-commerce businesses to spur localization and growth in the ice cream business, Close said, adding that he had paid visits to some big names in the sector in China, such as Meituan and Douyin.
克洛斯表示，联合利华也在关注中国蓬勃发展的电子商务业务所带来的机遇，以刺激冰淇淋业务的本地化和增长。他补充说，他已经拜访了中国该行业的一些大公司，如美团和抖音。
Apart from those efforts to spur growth in the Chinese market, Unilever also echoed the nation's green push by taking multiple moves to reduce its carbon footprint.
除了刺激中国市场增长的努力外，联合利华还通过采取多项措施减少碳足迹，呼应了中国的绿色举措。
The company said such competitions are an old tradition and have proven to be an efficient way to not only find better talent working in their assigned positions in the company, but also spur the projects' progress, which is beneficial in its pursuit of high-quality development.
该公司表示，此类比赛是一项古老的传统，已被证明是一种有效的方式，不仅可以找到更好的人才在公司的指定岗位上工作，还可以促进项目的进展，这有利于公司追求高质量发展。
According to Brodie, facilities such as JD Youth City can help spur regional economic development by attracting young talent to an area, city or region.
Brodie表示，京东青年城等设施可以通过吸引年轻人才到一个地区、城市或地区来促进区域经济发展。
Yang Jinghao, chief economist at Concat Data Technology (Hangzhou) Co, said the NDRC's move to spur car consumption, particularly the promotion of NEVs in rural areas, will boost rural consumption and thus offer more opportunities for NEV-related companies.
康卡特数据技术（杭州）有限公司首席经济学家杨景浩表示，国家发改委刺激汽车消费的举措，特别是在农村地区推广新能源汽车，将促进农村消费，从而为新能源汽车相关公司提供更多机会。
As the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership pact has created favorable conditions to spur foreign trade and investment activities, Walsh said that export-related testing and certification services account for more than half of international testing, inspection and certification businesses in China.
沃尔什表示，由于《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》为刺激外贸和投资活动创造了有利条件，与出口相关的检测和认证服务占中国国际检测、检验和认证业务的一半以上。
It is also developing set menus on the online delivery platforms to spur sales.
它还在在线配送平台上开发套餐，以刺激销售。
As the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership pact has created favorable conditions to spur foreign trade and investment activities, Jones said companies from signatory countries will have more demand to participate in various trade shows in the Asia-Pacific region in the years ahead.
由于《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》为刺激外贸和投资活动创造了有利条件，Jones表示，未来几年，签署国的公司将有更多的需求参加亚太地区的各种贸易展。
Experts said the overhaul is likely to spur a revaluation of Alibaba by allowing its individual business units to raise funds separately, and pave the way for other Chinese tech giants to undergo similar restructuring.
专家表示，这项改革可能会通过允许阿里巴巴的各个业务部门单独筹集资金来刺激阿里巴巴的估值，并为其他中国科技巨头进行类似的重组铺平道路。
The latest reform of State-owned enterprises is fueling innovation in the country's nuclear energy sector, with digital advancement set to further spur its development, according to a major industry player.
一位主要行业人士表示，最新的国有企业改革正在推动该国核能行业的创新，数字化进步将进一步刺激其发展。
Infineon is betting on next-generation power semiconductors, such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide, to spur growth.
英飞凌押注于氮化镓和碳化硅等下一代功率半导体，以刺激增长。
China Telecom will step up their push to leverage cutting-edge technologies to help spur consumption demand by building digital life platforms and honing its technological edges.
中国电信将加大力度，通过建设数字生活平台和磨练技术优势，利用尖端技术刺激消费需求。
- The construction of two port projects by a Chinese company, as part of Ghana's port expansion program, will spur economic growth in the country, said Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday.
-加纳总统Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo周四表示，作为加纳港口扩建计划的一部分，一家中国公司建设的两个港口项目将刺激该国的经济增长。
I have no doubt that this project and many others will spur rapid economic growth and accelerate the development of our economy," he said.
我毫不怀疑，这个项目和许多其他项目将刺激经济快速增长，加速我们经济的发展，”他说。
This will further spur the high-end consumption market and drive more multinational health and nutrition companies to continuously invest in China.
这将进一步刺激高端消费市场，并带动更多跨国健康和营养公司继续在中国投资。
IHG will continue to spur growth in the luxury and lifestyle business and expand services for Chinese consumers, Aylmer said.
艾尔默表示，IHG将继续刺激奢侈品和生活方式业务的增长，并扩大对中国消费者的服务。
Generation of solar energy will rise exponentially in the years to come, which will spur great demand for storage solutions as a high proportion of solar power, as well as other renewables in energy grids, are causing supply imbalances, said Gao Jifan, chairman and CEO of Trina Solar Co Ltd, one of the leading photovoltaic companies in China.
中国领先的光伏公司之一天合光能有限公司董事长兼首席执行官高纪凡表示，未来几年，太阳能发电量将呈指数级增长，这将刺激对存储解决方案的巨大需求，因为高比例的太阳能以及电网中的其他可再生能源正在造成供应失衡。
"AstraZeneca is eyeing business growth generated from China's efforts to spur innovation, which the report said will remain at the heart of China's modernization drive.
“阿斯利康正在关注中国刺激创新的努力所带来的业务增长，报告称，创新仍将是中国现代化建设的核心。
Looking into the future, the operator will continue its commitment to the rapid and quality delivery of goods and services, in a bid to help African partners spur growth and improve livelihoods, Li added.
李补充道，展望未来，该运营商将继续致力于快速、高质量地提供商品和服务，以帮助非洲合作伙伴刺激增长和改善生计。
"The rising recognition among Chinese Gen Z consumers will give a spur to the performance of Anta Group this year," he said.
他表示：“中国Z世代消费者的认可度不断提高，这将推动安踏集团今年的业绩。”。
The new company will also increase the influence of market leaders, which will facilitate phasing out of outdated capacity for better allocation of resources, and spur high-quality development in the sector, she said.
她说，新公司还将增加市场领导者的影响力，这将有助于逐步淘汰过时的产能，以更好地分配资源，并刺激该行业的高质量发展。
China's efforts to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and attain carbon neutrality by 2060 will spur the growth of the new energy industry, according to XCMG.
徐工表示，中国努力在2030年前实现碳排放峰值，并在2060年前实现碳中和，这将刺激新能源行业的发展。
"He said as the technology can change the environment and create more sustainable growth, Plug and Play will help take the leading technology from one nation to another and spur the growth of such startups globally.
This would also help the medium and long-term development visions of many countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, or spur national strategies to put their economic growth on a firmer footing via transportation-related infrastructure projects, expos, utility and service facilities, as well as hospitals and educational institutions.
To spur the country's development of innovations and advanced manufacturing, the government is investing in human capital and green technologies.
The wave of time-honored brands seeking public listings came amid the country's efforts to nurture stronger homegrown brands and spur a consumption upgrade.
"We hope this project will spur others to embark on similar endeavors and collaborations to protect mangroves on our beautiful Hailing Island. "
Jiangsu facility will cost $956m, boost green push, spur gas tank technologyChina National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's top offshore oil and gas producer, expanded the construction of what will be the world's largest liquefied natural gas or LNG storage tanks in Yancheng Binhai Port Industrial Park in Jiangsu province on Thursday.
European firms are now more confident about their prospects as steady COVID-19 vaccine rollouts around the world will spur global demand and even stronger growth in China, it said.
The Dole Food Company considers the China International Import Expo as a vital product promotion platform in China and Asia that helps spur the company's innovation, according to Wang Na, brand director of Dole China.
The government has announced a series of initiatives to spur IT development.
"Greater investment in processes to tackle climate change may spur higher metal intensity in applications, as countries and companies worldwide accelerate efforts to meet carbon-emission targets and drive infrastructure investment over the decade," said Zhu Yi, a senior analyst for metals and mining at Bloomberg Intelligence.
China will continue to accelerate the push for improving its business environment in an effort to spur high-quality economic development amid mounting downside pressure and uncertainties, the country's top economic regulator said on Friday.
A number of mayors and county heads have joined live broadcasts on short video platforms to sell local specialties and spur consumption, especially during the peak of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The acceleration of drug approvals and favorable policies launched in the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan will spur more pharmaceutical product launches, said experts.
With China supporting more innovative measures to further spur consumption, Italian tire maker Pirelli and Chinese online retailer JD reached a strategic partnership earlier this week in Shanghai to meet the personalized and differentiated consumer demand.
China's ongoing efforts to spur new forms of consumption will help stimulate market players' vitality, boost domestic demand and support economic recovery, said Guo Xin, a marketing professor at the Beijing Technology and Business University.
Meanwhile, the Singaporean state-owned investment firm remains upbeat about the potential of China's consumer market as the rising younger generation appears to have more confidence in domestic brands, and government policies will continue to spur domestic consumption, especially in smaller cities and rural areas, to drive economic growth, according to Wu.
Move to spur industry consolidation and further boost supply-side reformsChina Baowu Steel Group, the country's top steel-maker, said on Friday that it would take a controlling stake in Shanxi-based stainless steel giant Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co, also known as Tisco, in a move that would lead to further consolidation of the steel sector.
Since March, about 170 cities in China have distributed coupons via Alipay to spur spending and economic growth.
Jerry Liu, head of China internet research at Swiss bank UBS, said tighter scrutiny of listed Chinese firms in the US could spur the dual listing plans of Chinese companies.
Chinese e-retailers are ramping up efforts to spur sales in the upcoming mid-year promotion season, with live-streaming shopping expected to be a fierce battlefield, which has boomed after the COVID-19 epidemic kept Chinese consumers indoors for months.
Continuous focus from the government to help industries recover and spur healthy consumer spending will help accelerate China and global economic recovery.
Such a gigantic investment can help spur economic growth, fuel the development of digital economy, and create a sound telecom infrastructure for upgrade of traditional sectors," Zhang said.
Huang said the choice of Shanghai as the venue for the global debut is due to the city's well-blended persona of both oriental and Western cultures, as well as a string of government policies to improve the business environment and spur consumption.
Yuan Yuan, deputy director-general of the department of pilot free trade zones and free trade ports at the Ministry of Commerce, said that the government would conduct more pressure tests in the country's 18 pilot free trade zones to spur foreign trade.
A three-year action plan on the reform of SOEs is expected to be rolled out in the first quarter of 2020 to optimize the use of State-owned assets and spur innovation, according to a report of the Economic Information Daily.
The company has also been implementing reforms in the corporate structure, to spur innovation and vitality of its affiliates and business units, in order to make breakthroughs in enhancing market-oriented corporate operations.
He noticed a rebound in purchasing luxury at home in the past two years due to a combination of exchange rates and relevant tax reforms the Chinese government introduced to spur consumption.
The cooperation aimed to combine the more than 4,000 warehouses and logistics parks owned by China's supply and marketing cooperatives and GLP's technology and expertise to spur high-quality development of the industry, said Hou Shunli, chairman of China Co-op Group.
As China has offered a number of policies to spur consumer spending and offer more market access to global companies, P&G has expanded its innovation capacity in China and has been able to build its brands under an increasingly transparent regulatory environment, Pritchard said.
Companies with good credit history will enjoy favorable interest rates, convenient loan approval channelsChina is actively taking steps to spur lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises secured by their credit records, in a move to lift the economy amid mounting growth downside pressure.
Aviation is a competitive business, and to have received such recognition will spur us all at Qatar Airways to even greater heights.
China's relatively high penetration rate of e-commerce is propelling even the biggest online platforms to come up with new ideas to attract new customers, stimulate spending and spur growth, said Yu De, founder of Diggg, a domestic consultancy specializing in new retail studies.
While educational levels have greatly improved with the move toward an "intelligent society", with the state also focusing on comprehensive, high-quality learning, more is needed to spur vocational training, Ren said.
Business aviation helps to spur economic development and create jobs by "bringing people and business closer in incomparable speed", said Bolen.
SASAC official says both central and local-level enterprises to take partChina will put over 100 State-owned enterprises into its fourth batch list of mixed-ownership reform for SOEs to better spur innovation and meet market changes, said a senior official from the country's top State assets regulator on Tuesday.
Ahmad Usman, the emir and paramount ruler of Deba, said more nearby communities will benefit from the construction and this will spur economic development and growth in the area.
Cao Desheng, director of CTTIC, said the coming together of basic transportation data and market data will improve logistics efficiency and will spur transformation in the sector.
Debuted in 2009 to spur spending in traditional e-commerce low season, the event has become a landmark event on the world's retail calendar.
This has helped to alleviate rural poverty and to address some of the environmental impacts from agriculture and food production, and has helped to spur rural revitalization.
The success of the Chinese e-business firms in the Middle East has created a lot of job opportunities for Middle Eastern countries, and helped spur the local economy.
The country has also made concerted efforts to spur domestic consumption.
“We believe that our new flagship robot, Neato D7, will spur on a new cycle of innovation in both the global and home robotic market,” said Petersen.
The Peruvian president welcomed the "significant" investment, saying that it will help spur Peru's economy, raise revenue and support government education and healthcare programs.
Liu said the expressway would help to spur the socio-economic growth of Laos and would enable the country to connect with others in the region, with the aim of turning the landlocked Laos into a regional economic hub.
Upon graduation, these young entrepreneurs are set to become catalysts in their home countries who will spur the digital transformation of their economies.
The group was not such a significant factor until three years ago when the government called for mass entrepreneurship to spur innovation and inject new impetus into the slowing economy.
The $999 iPhone X, for example, sparked a luxury market for the iPhone and helped Apple spur new growth in its most important business," said Jia Mo, an analyst with Canalys.
"We will use technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing…to spur new growth momentum and help empower industries from retail to manufacturing.
By doing this, the country has encouraged innovation and used the digital economy to spur economic growth.
There is also localization and partnerships with large ecosystems where Chinese workers spend a lot of their time to better satisfy users' needs and spur further growth, he said.
Its aim is to enhance young people's programming ability and spur their creativity.
"TNG's joint venture will definitely spur the growth of the mobile payments market in Malaysia," said Quah Mei Lee, a digital transformation industry principal at consultancy Frost& Sullivan Asia Pacific.
The government is making a major push into the big data industry, which will spur huge demand for more data-center related solutions, Pendekanti said.
The two Chinese interests, ENN Group and Hony Capital hold a combined 15.1-percent stake in Santos, and the new arrangement will see "mutual cooperation and assistance" from both sides to spur the growth-based strategy in Australia and Papua New Guinea currently being adopted by the gas giant.
Zhao Xiaomin, a logistics market consultant in Shanghai, said the SF-and-UPS combination would bring a new force to the industry and spur others to forge their own alliances, cross-shareholdings and acquisitions.
She sees the franchise model as an effective way to spur growth potential in China's third- and fourth-tier cities, and improve flagging performance in existing stores.
Consumption is also expected to spur economic growth in the first quarter, thanks to the repricing of outstanding mortgages for first-time homebuyers that has boosted household incomes, alongside the seasonal surge in consumer spending around Spring Festival, Wang said.
The comments follow a guideline issued by 17 government departments, including the National Data Administration and the Cyberspace Administration of China, late on Thursday which emphasized efforts to activate the potential of data elements and spur the integration of data in various industries.
"It is sending a clear signal that the country will continuously stimulate the vitality and dynamism of economic development, as part of its ongoing efforts to deepen reforms and opening-up, and spur innovation-driven growth," said Bai Wenxi, vice-chairman of the China Enterprise Capital Union.
In 2023, China had made consolidated efforts to spur the growth of the private sector, including a series of measures to stimulate the vitality of private investment and boost confidence, and the establishment of an NDRC bureau for private sector development.
"The healthy and sustainable development of the private sector will help foster smooth domestic circulation, spur innovation-driven growth and stabilize expectations," he said.
He said China could raise its 2024 budget deficit ratio to around 3.5 percent to spur growth, expecting the government to set its 2024 quota of 3.8 trillion yuan to 4 trillion yuan in local government special bonds.
Next year, the ministry will step up its efforts to stabilize the growth of industrial economy, spur the consumption of new energy vehicles and electronic products, and spare no efforts to boost the high-quality development of key manufacturing industrial chains, it added.
He also said that China should enhance the implementation of national treatment for foreign companies while abolishing discriminatory regulations, increase policy stability and transparency, and ensure the equal participation in government procurement of all types of enterprises to encourage fair competition and spur productivity.
They expect to see more measures rolled out to boost domestic demand, spur consumption, help deliver presold homes and help local governments get on the right track on financial issues.
Considering the lackluster demand for industrial products, Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank, said that more steps are needed to boost domestic demand and spur consumption.
Efforts are also being made toward "new infrastructure", as some local governments are ramping up photovoltaic projects to improve local power supply, and help spur a green transition nationwide.
If measures restricting purchases, loans and license plates are relaxed, it would further spur the momentum.