The company is facing a
upward pressure on wages.
企业面临工资上涨的压力。
There was an
upward trend in the 1990s.
在90年代有个上升趋势。
There was an sharp
upward movement in property prices around 2007.
在2007年左右房价飙升。
The trend of the stock market has been
upward for the past year.
股市在过去一年中呈上升趋势。
We're making an
upward adjustment to our revenue forecast.
我们正在对收入预测进行上调。
The company's profits have shown a steady
upward trajectory over the past quarter.
该公司在过去一个季度的利润呈现稳步增长。
The temperature is predicted to rise
upward throughout the week.
气温预计在本周内将持续升高。
Her career path has been consistently
upward since she joined the firm.
自从她加入公司以来，她的职业道路一直在稳步上升。
His performance in the gym has shown a marked
upward shift.
他在健身房的表现有了显著的提高。
The cost of living has been trending
upward in recent months.
近几个月来，生活成本一直在上涨。
The company aims for
upward mobility for all its employees.
公司致力于为所有员工提供晋升机会。
Sales figures have been moving
upward month by month.
销售数字逐月攀升。
Despite challenges, the overall sentiment in the industry is
upwardly optimistic.
尽管面临挑战，但行业总体情绪仍然乐观向上。
"The long-term trajectory of China and the Chinese consumer — which we believe today — is an upward trend.
“中国和中国消费者的长期轨迹——我们今天认为——是一个上升趋势。
What resilient enterprises must do is take proactive actions, innovate technologies, upgrade business models, and usher in a spiral of upward growth in one business cycle after another, thus steadily passing each cycle successfully, he said.
他说，有韧性的企业必须采取积极行动，创新技术，升级商业模式，并在一个又一个商业周期中迎来螺旋式的增长，从而稳步成功地度过每一个周期。
China's economy grew at a faster pace in the first quarter of 2023, with gross domestic product growing 4.5 percent year on year to 28.5 trillion yuan ($4.14 trillion) and major indicators showing an upward trend and improvement in market expectations.
2023年第一季度，中国经济增长较快，国内生产总值同比增长4.5%，达到28.5万亿元人民币（4.14万亿美元），主要指标呈上升趋势，市场预期有所改善。
Following the rebound in tourism during the Chinese New Year holiday, Hu said Hualuxe is expecting a continuous recovery of the local travel market in 2023 and is poised to capture the upward momentum.
胡表示，随着中国春节假期旅游业的反弹，华旅社预计2023年当地旅游市场将持续复苏，并有望抓住上升势头。
This fast-growing industry is expected to continue on an upward trajectory, supported by multiple drivers including an aging population, rising incomes and the continued enhancement of health services in hospitals and clinics throughout China.
在人口老龄化、收入增长以及中国各地医院和诊所医疗服务的持续加强等多重驱动因素的支持下，这个快速增长的行业预计将继续走上上升轨道。
An upward trend is also evident in European patents filed by Chinese companies.
中国公司在欧洲申请的专利也呈上升趋势。
And Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing are also ranked the most favored reinvestment cities by the surveyed companies," Seyedin said, adding that the business environment in South China shows an upward spiral of improvement in recent years.
深圳、上海和北京也被调查公司列为最受欢迎的再投资城市，”Seyedin说，并补充说，近年来华南地区的商业环境呈螺旋式改善。
The business environment in South China shows an upward trend in recent years, he added.
他补充说，近年来，华南地区的商业环境呈上升趋势。
"Short-term volatility has created opportunities for long-term investors," said Meng, who believes that the A-share market should resume an upward trajectory after domestic credit growth bottoms, possibly in October, on the back of still solid economic fundamentals.
孟先生表示，“短期波动为长期投资者提供了机会。”他相信，在国内信贷增长触底（可能在10月份）后，A股市场应会恢复上行轨迹，这背后是依然稳健的经济基本面。
As a chip shortage still hangs over the market, the valuation of the semiconductor industry continues to maintain an upward trend.
在芯片短缺仍在笼罩市场的背景下，半导体行业的估值继续保持上升趋势。这句话的含义是在当前芯片供应紧张的情况下，半导体产业的价值评估持续走高，显示出市场对这一行业未来发展的乐观预期。这可能与半导体产品在科技、通讯、汽车等多个领域的广泛应用及其不可替代性有关。尽管面临供应挑战，但长期增长潜力和市场需求的强劲支撑了其估值的提升。
We are in the upward stage, just like the rising sun," Wang said.
“我们正处在上升阶段，就像初升的太阳。”王说。
In addition, we consistently diversify our customer acquisition channels, and the contribution from natural traffic and repeat purchases as a percentage of total FYP continued its upward trend.
此外，我们持续地多元化我们的客户获取渠道，而自然流量和重复购买对总首年保费(FYP)的贡献比例继续保持上升趋势。
"China's online education sector has broad prospects, with a foreseeable upward trend, as well as closer intimacy and higher loyalty with users," a senior executive of an online English education platform said.
一位在线英语教育平台的高级管理人员表示：“中国的在线教育行业有着广阔的前景，可预见的上升趋势，以及与用户更紧密的互动和更高的忠诚度。”
A reading above 100 reflects an upward trend in business while a reading below 100 indicates dented vitality.
读数超过100表明商业呈上升趋势，而读数低于100则表明商业活力受损。
In the last three months of 2020, the sub-indexes for the sentiment on the macroeconomy, financing, operating cost and labor force were above 100, suggesting an upward trend in business.
2020年第四季度，宏观经济感受指数、融资难易度指数、经营成本感受指数和用工感受指数均位于100以上，显示企业经营向好。
The report, released at the Upward Branding and Sustainable Growth Summit Forum by 17PR, a China public relations network, proposed the new 5C model, which stands for Credit, Conversion, Co-creator of value, Connection and Crisis.
在向上品牌塑造与可持续增长高峰论坛上，由中国公关网络17PR发布的报告提出了新的“5C模型”，该模型代表了五个核心概念：信用（Credit）、转化（Conversion）、价值共创（Co-creator of value）、连接（Connection）和危机管理（Crisis）。
The new model is intended to help companies pinpoint future trends and clarify the upward path of brand development.
这个新模型旨在帮助企业精准把握未来趋势，明晰品牌发展的上升路径。
"We have reasons to believe that the epidemic will not change the upward trend of the sports and fitness industry development.
Meanwhile, the bank continued to enhance the comprehensive risk management, and its asset quality was on an upward trajectory.
That compares with 2014, when shopping malls and buildings contributed to upward of 80 percent of the revenue.
Alibaba's report also estimated that there are upward of 10 million "die-hard consumers" of Chinese traditional brands in the country, who are defined as those having shopped at least three times a year for products from such brands.
PetroChina described its oil and gas production and operation activities in Q1 as a good start to the year, giving credit to the upward trend of the international oil price and booming demand for natural gas.
Gabor's prediction for China's economic trend is upward and believes the country will continue to progress under the leadership of Chinese government.
According to Yang, leveraging AI to accelerate the digitalization process in companies from all sectors will greatly boost the development of China's push to move upward in the global industrial chain.
The market maintains its upward momentum.
As a result, one of the brand's best-selling lotions saw sales of 300,000 bottles in just six months after launching on China's e-commerce platform Tmall, and upward of 70,000 bottles on June 18, the day of China's mid-year shopping spree.
Gradually, this will also turn into an upward and positive circulation.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, a trading subsidiary of the group, said the international upward trend of oil price in the first six months significantly boosted the company's upstream business, while its midstream and downstream operations upgraded structure to ride the wave of the favorable market situation.
But the phase of highly expansionary monetary policy－whether traditional or non-traditional－is over, and we expect that yield curves will move upward and get steeper.
The upward revision of the 2017 forecast reflected stronger-than-expected data in the first half of the year.
At the same time, both operating income and net profit showed upward trend, the prospectus said.
"The e-commerce markets in the region are still relatively untapped, and we see a very positive upward trajectory ahead of us," Daniel Zhang, chief executive officer at Alibaba, said in a statement.
"Following China's new family planning policy that allows families to have their second child, we believe that the children's garment industry will see an upward trend in market expansion," said Cao.
According to the Scotch Whisky Association, the value of exports to China increased 0.5 percent to 41 million pounds ($52 million) in 2016, with the market continuing on an upward trend.
"A series of new policy measures will be introduced and work together with existing ones, effectively fueling a robust recovery and upward trend in economic performance.
"With the economy on an upward trajectory, sentiment among microeconomic entities is likely to pick up gradually.
"China's foreign trade has already become stabilized with an upward momentum, and growth rates of exports and imports will both enter expansionary territory during the first quarter, thanks to effects gradually delivered from supportive policies," Wei said.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed that consumer prices in 2023 maintained a mild upward trajectory, with the CPI rising by a modest 0.2 percent over the course of the year.
Citing the latest figures, Yue Xiangyu, a researcher at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics' Institute for the Development of Chinese Economic Thought, said while the 2023 index showed an overall rebound, it remains below the 100 mark that separates an upward trend in business performance from less vitality.
Liu Xiaoguang, a professor at the Renmin University of China's National Academy of Development and Strategy, said the CMF has revised upward its 2024 China GDP forecast to 5 percent from 4.8 percent, and it is advisable for the country to set next year's growth target at 5 percent at least.
Smaller supplies will provide extra upward momentum for commodity prices, they said.
On Wednesday, the Asian Development Bank revised upward its 2023 growth estimate for China to 5.2 percent from 4.9 percent previously but maintained its growth forecast of 4.5 percent for the economy next year.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday reiterated its upward revision of China's economic growth forecast for 2023 and 2024.
The trade council will boost the upward momentum through carrying out diversified economic and trade promotion activities, according to Zhang.
China's overall economic performance will be "warmer" next year, and the stock and foreign exchange markets are expected to embrace an upward turning point soon, said leading economists at Caijing Annual Conference, an industry event, on Wednesday.
Citing the latest trade prosperity survey conducted by the administration, Lyu said the proportion of enterprises that are optimistic about future import and export growth has gone up, and China's foreign trade will continue its upward trajectory.
Gita Gopinath, the IMF's first deputy managing director, said the projection was revised upward from 5 percent in October, reflecting a stronger-than-expected third-quarter output and recent policy announcements.
"China's fundamentals, including its super large market scale, complete industrial supporting facilities and an upward economic trend, will not change, and such comprehensive strengths are still prominent," Wang, who gave a speech at the "Invest in China Year" summit and Shanghai city promotion event in Shanghai, said.
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, UBS and Nomura, among other international financial institutions, have revised upward their forecasts for China's full-year GDP growth, after the country reported better-than-expected GDP growth of 4.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, with retail sales and manufacturing investment accelerating in September.
Meanwhile, China saw the number of newly established foreign-invested enterprises reach 37,814 in the first nine months of this year, up 32.4 percent year-on-year, continuing an upward trend.
However, the growth may be marginal, as the increased likelihood of interest rate hikes in the United States may mitigate the upward trend, he said.
"The pace of China's economic rebound has stabilized and is moving upward," said Zhong Zhengsheng, chief economist at Ping An Securities.
The upward and downward movements of the economy are shaped by a combination of variables.
The Chinese economy has continued the upward trend so far this year, but challenges remain amid a complex global environment and insufficient domestic demand.
The night economy in Shenzhen has shown a significant upward trend in recent months, leading the country in consumption by young people.
China's outbound direct investment is poised to maintain an upward trajectory in the first seven months of 2023.
The Chinese economy continued the upward trend, with increases in both production and demand, stable employment and prices, and steady industrial upgrades, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui told a press conference on Tuesday.
Led by new technologies, industries, business models and patterns, many regions, including east China's Shandong Province, saw an upward momentum in investment and added values in relevant industry segments during the first six months.
Bucking the upward trend, sub-indices for the construction and wholesale sectors both dipped 0.1 points during the period, according to the association.
For 2023, the forecast has been revised upward by 0.2 percentage point from the July projection, while for 2024, the forecast is down by 0.1 percentage point, according to the IMF.
The upward trend will continue along with its normalized economic operation and expansion of growth driven by innovation, consumption and green transformation.
- The Chinese economy recorded a general upward trajectory in the first half of this year, with fluctuations also being spotted.
ODI:xa0Chinese firms expected to invest in innovation projects overseasChina's outbound direct investment is poised to maintain an upward trajectory in the second half of 2023, boosting the growth of its private companies and contributing to global economic recovery, market observers and business executives said.
The Chinese capital's GDP reached 2.06 trillion yuan ($285.74 billion) in the first half of the year, with year-on-year growth of 5.5 percent, and authorities expect the upward trend to continue in the future.
Looking ahead to the second half of the year, the cumulative year-on-year growth rate of export value in the third quarter is likely to remain at a lower level, while a modest upward trend is expected in the fourth quarter, said Zheng Houcheng, chief macro economist at Yingda Securities Co Ltd.
Improved consumption and investment are boosting recovery in many regional economies, offsetting the impacts of elevated food and energy prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and other global headwinds, the report said, adding that tourism and remittances are trending upward as pandemic restrictions ease further, and in many tourism-dependent economies, visitor arrivals are steadily improving toward pre-pandemic levels.
Experts believe that China's economic outlook for upward trajectory in the long term remains unchanged.
According to the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects released in June, China's economy will grow by 5.6 percent in 2023, 3.5 percentage points higher than the global growth rate and an upward revision of 1.3 percentage points compared to the organization's January forecast.
The market's consumer confidence index trended steadily upward but has yet to reach pre-pandemic levels, it said.
Meng said that the upward trend of major economic indicators is expected to maintain in the long term but cautioned that market demand is still insufficient and the endogenous power of the economy still needs to be enhanced.
"Notably, the rapid reopening of China's economy contributed materially to an upward revision to this year's growth forecast," it said.
Even though the fall in the property sector could narrow, the upward trend of the long real estate cycle of more than 20 years has come to an end.
- China's foreign trade has been expanding steadily, exhibiting resilience as its economy continues its upward momentum.
China fully resumed normal social and economic operation in April, with multiple output and demand indicators registering faster growth, indicating continued upward momentum in economic performance.
One factor behind the upward revision of China's growth is that there has been a strong rebound in retail sales that reflects strong household demand, Hamid Rashid, lead author of the mid-year report, told Xinhua in an interview.
Liu Xu, senior analyst of CCID Consulting, said that in the past year, faced with multiple factors beyond expectations, China's Digital Economic Development Index still formed a steady upward trajectory.
China's economy has maintained its recovery momentum as shown by major indicators upward trend during the Jan to April period, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
Among the commodities, trade of copper ore, coal, paper pulp and iron ore showed an upward trend during this period.
Since the beginning of this year, China's consumption has shown an upward momentum.
"The biggest driver of Asia's upward growth revision this year is China, while other emerging economies in the region are on track to enjoy solid growth, though in some cases at slightly lower rates than seen last year," the IMF said in a press briefing on its latest regional economic outlook.
Chen expressed optimism in delivering the annual targets, citing favorable conditions from an upward economy to the government's employment-first policies.
The IMF, in its World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, forecast China's growth to stay at 5.2 percent this year, a 0.8 percentage point upward revision to IMF's October projection, as it said the world is experiencing a "rocky recovery".
He added that year-end core inflation will reach 5.1 percent this year, an upward revision of 0.6 percentage points from the IMF's January update.
According to Reuters, Malpass attributed the upward revision to an improved outlook after China adjusted its COVID-19 pandemic response, with growth in the country expected to reach 5.1 percent this year compared to a previous estimate of 4.3 percent.
E-commerce logistics is maintaining upward trend as the demand side saw a strong recovery.
Recent indicators of the country's factory activity and inflation have shown a steep upward trajectory, resulting in raised projections.
China's economy has withstood severe risks and challenges in the past three years, and its upward trend will have a positive impact on the world economy, George Barcelon, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
菲律宾工商总会主席乔治·巴塞隆近日在接受新华社采访时表示，过去三年里，中国经济经受住了严峻的风险和挑战，其上升趋势将对世界经济产生积极影响。
From the perspective of high-quality development, China's development in emerging sectors such as photovoltaic cells and new energy vehicles has been positive, and it is expected that the country's economy will embark on an independent upward trajectory in 2023, he added.
"The investment enthusiasm of companies is on an upward trajectory, with four-fifths of companies reinvesting in China in 2022," Seyedin said.
The rapid rebound in mobility and the alignment of COVID-19 management, alongside economic and regulatory policies to promote growth are major reasons for the upward revision of the forecast, Chetan Ahya, chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley, was quoted as saying by Xinhua News Agency.
The rapid rebound in mobility and the alignment of COVID-19 management, economic and regulatory policy to promote growth are two major reasons for the upward revision of the forecast, said Chetan Ahya, chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley.
The rapid rebound in mobility and the alignment of COVID-19 management, economic and regulatory policy to promote growth are two major reasons for the upward revision of the forecast, said Ahya.
The property industry, which influences consumer confidence and behavior quite significantly in China, may surprise the market with upward momentum this year, if the Chinese government continues to ease certain rules and regulations, said Jie.
China's economy will follow a generally upward growth trajectory in 2023, despite potential quarter-to-quarter fluctuations, said Huang Wentao, an analyst with China Securities.
That real estate investment fails to achieve positive growth may be the biggest "gray rhino" next year, which will further drag down the rebound of fixed asset investment and the upward potential of GDP growth.
China's economic activity will return to the pre-pandemic level from the second quarter of 2023, and the upward momentum will continue until the end of the year, Morgan Stanley experts added.
- While the world's growth will likely weaken significantly in 2023, the Chinese economy is expected to see an independent upward trajectory with an overall recovery, a senior official said.
"With the implementation of optimized COVID-19 response and pro-economy policies, China's economic growth pace is expected to maintain an upward trend," the NDRC said.
The Chinese economy has maintained a steady upward momentum as a pro-growth policy package was implemented on the ground to seek the best possible full-year performance.
A State Council executive meeting last week urged full policy delivery to consolidate the upward trend.