Chinese oil giant China Petroleum and Chemical Corp has been pumping more natural gas to northern parts of China, as large parts of the country are bracing for a new cold front that will send temperature plunging.

中国石油巨头中国石油化工集团公司（China Petroleum and Chemical Corp）一直在向中国北部地区输送更多的天然气，因为中国大部分地区正在为新的冷锋做准备，这将导致气温骤降。

With technological development and shared economic models being a major highlight this year, flexible workspaces need to brace for an increase in demand," Hu said.

随着技术发展和共享经济模式成为今年的一大亮点，灵活的工作空间需要为需求的增长做好准备，”胡说。

The company also provided an immersive skiing experience for the expo as more Chinese consumers brace for winter sports.

随着越来越多的中国消费者准备参加冬季运动，该公司还为世博会提供了身临其境的滑雪体验。

With help from China Railway Construction Corp, Arima General Hospital in Trinidad and Tobago was upgraded in late March to brace for pandemic prevention and control.

"Supported by AI technology, the online audio content market is expected to brace for an expansion in the near future," said Lai, who now holds about 30 percent of Lizhi's shares.

Facebook is bracing itself against arguments from its co-founder and a number of US politicians who are calling for a breakup of the Silicon Valley social media giant.

"In the global market, home appliances makers are bracing for changes as a result of artificial intelligence-powered technologies.

Netflix already seemed to be bracing for the potential loss of the Disney movie rights earlier this week when it announced its first-ever acquisition－the purchase of Millarworld.

As the nation is bracing for a peak in power consumption in summer, it is important to further unleash the high-end production capacity in the coal industry to ensure power supplies, he said.

As the number of cars registered across the country reached 229 million by the end of March, traffic authorities are bracing for a foreseeable surge in medium- and long-distance self-drive trips during the holiday from May 1 to 5.

"With tourism income gone and services trade wobbling, AEs are bracing for more scarring on global markets this winter," added Vasiljev.

The meeting added efforts should be made to guarantee safety and brace for potential disasters during flood season and holidays, and major accidents must be prevented.

"The hardest time for the logistics sector has passed, and we are bracing for the weeks-long mid-year online shopping event in good order under policy incentives," said Zhao Jian, a senior director in charge of global logistics and supply chain management of Cainiao Network.

China's shipping industry is bracing for an uptick in demand and freight costs as manufacturing activity in Shanghai roars back to life following the city's return to normal starting last Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.

- Sun Zhiguo is bracing for a busy month ahead.

Those supporting roles, such as operators of helicopter transport to offshore turbines, are bracing to meet the demand.

When night falls, three check-in counters at Guangzhou airport brace for the peak check-in of passengers flying to Africa.

The system receives the faster, less-damaging vertical seismic wave, calculates relative parameters and sends an instant alert to users, who may find shelter or brace for tremors before the slower, more-destructive horizontal wave arrives.

But Lu also warned that the change in Lei's role from an investor to a competitor will push Nio and Xpeng Motors to brace for impact of Xiaomi's EV foray on their business.

The current chip crisis sweeping the global auto industry is estimated to alleviate in the months to come, but carmakers in China are busy bracing themselves to prevent a similar scenario in the future.

"The partnership will be helpful for the two companies to brace for transformations in the automotive industry," said SAIC, China's largest carmaker and partner of Germany's Volkswagen and US carmaker GM, in a filing to the Shanghai stock exchange last week.

Executives brace for drawn-out process as new enterprise aims to cut $4.1 billion in operating costsPARIS/MILAN－Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot maker PSA have struck a binding deal to create the world's fourth-largest carmaker.

FAW-Volkswagen, one of the most successful automotive joint ventures in China, has strived for sustainable development by bracing itself for the future as the automotive industry undergoes dramatic changes.

Chinese carmakers are opening up more widely to each other, which is expected to help them better brace for both challenges and opportunities in the fast-changing industry by slashing costs and pooling resources.

"For established ones, the problem is how to brace themselves for the future, and for startups it is how to realize their blueprints.

"All players in the industry, no matter traditional or new ones, have to brace for the future.

Jacob George, vice-president and general manager at JD Power Asia Pacific, said such enthusiasm among Chinese customers could fall somewhat when the government removes financial incentives, so carmakers should brace themselves and prepare solutions.

Automakers had been bracing for the sales gains to come to an end for the last couple of years, but that was averted in 2016 in part by heavy incentives implemented late in the year to unload excess inventory.

Autonomous driving technology means more than driving itself, and some are bracing themselves for more potential problems.

An industry insider close to the matter said the move is primarily to brace Ford for the credit system that is designed to stimulate the development of new energy cars.

Earlier this month, Great Wall Motor, China's largest SUV producer by sales, became a stakeholder of a new energy carmaker Yogomo, which analysts believe is a move to brace for the scheme.

- Semiconductor and smartphone industries worldwide, including those in the United States, are bracing for extreme disruptions after Washington recently tightened its restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei's ability to obtain critical components, most significantly, chips.

As central banks worldwide brace for a blitz of monetary easing measures to calm pandemic fears, China has taken things in strides with eyes on the long-term, renewing commitment to lowering loan interest rates through loan prime rate reform and installing the registration-based IPO system at ChiNext, a board of growth enterprises.

After a flying start in January, the Hang Seng Index will brace for some choppy months in March and claw its way downward to the summer, said the report.