To reduce tension and friction of the cable during traction — a process of line laying — the company used wire rope traction as if installing an "exoskeleton" for the cable, and used pipeline lubrication materials to reduce friction, ensuring that the cable remained intact during the dragging process.

为了减少电缆在铺设线路的牵引过程中的张力和摩擦，该公司使用钢丝绳牵引，就像为电缆安装“外骨骼”一样，并使用管道润滑材料来减少摩擦，确保电缆在牵引过程中保持完整。

To reduce the tension and friction of the cable during traction — a process of the construction — the company adopted wire rope traction, installing an "exoskeleton" for the cable, and using pipeline lubrication materials to reduce friction, ensuring that the cable was intact during the dragging process.

为了减少电缆在牵引过程中的张力和摩擦——这是一个施工过程——该公司采用了钢丝绳牵引，为电缆安装了“外骨骼”，并使用管道润滑材料来减少摩擦，确保电缆在拖动过程中完好无损。

In order to reduce trade friction, the standardization or the achievements, the harmonization of quality standards is something that we both support," said the ambassador.

The move toward self-reliance comes amid Sino-US trade friction, which has bolstered investments from Chinese entrepreneurs in the domestic chip industry.

Bilibili joined a string of US-listed Chinese companies such as Baidu Inc in filing for a secondary listing in Hong Kong amid rising China-US friction.

The findings suggest US companies remain committed to the China market over the long term, despite years of trade friction and ever-rising calls for economic decoupling by political hawks.

"But despite long-term optimism, bilateral trade friction and especially the outbreak of COVID-19 are weighing on the investment decisions and near-term economic prospects of US companies in China.

As to protecting intellectual property, which has been at the center of the bilateral trade friction, the survey found that 61 percent of the US companies reported China's IP protection had "greatly improved "or "somewhat improved", the highest rating in a decade.

"The uncertainties arising from the China-US trade friction have also led to a flurry of secondary listings of Chinese mainland technology giants in Hong Kong," Shen said, adding that other US-listed small-to mid-cap companies may also consider returning to the A-share market.

Apart from accounting scandals of some companies, intensified bilateral trade friction is the more fundamental reason, when the US has often resorted to trade and economic means to suppress China, said Xie Yaxuan, chief analyst of China Merchants Securities.

Zhou said that rising geopolitical tensions and trade friction between the US and China have already put pressure on the stock prices of US-listed Chinese companies, and the cost of maintaining a US listing continues to rise as regulatory pressures mount.

The transformation of the Chinese economy and China-US trade friction did impact business sentiment to a certain extent.

"An IPO in Hong Kong would also provide a diversification of funding for Alibaba in terms of geography and types of investors and a buffer to the shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange in case of global turmoil due to Sino-US trade friction," wrote Matteo Giovannini, a finance professional at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, in a latest opinion piece published on the website of China Global Television Network.

Asked about the impact of the China-US trade dispute, Qian said the trade friction has damaged the global supply chain to some extent, but companies in the industry can tackle the challenges and mitigate potential risks in a flexible manner.

Shenyang Yuancheng Friction and Sealing Material Co Ltd in Liaoning province, which is led by Zhao, supplies its products to customers across a range of industries like railways, manufacturing, marine and automotive.

Its friction materials are used in the manufacturing of brakes and similar products.

In 2000, Zhao applied for, and landed, a job at Shenyang Friction and Sealing Material General Factory, which was by then a leading State-owned friction material producer.

The next year (2003), she somehow secured enough funds through private sources to start her own business, a friction material trading firm.

"Our high-speed rail brake pads are the crown jewels of the (friction material) industry.

"Given the current global economic and political uncertainties and trade friction, governments are tightening their scrutiny and regulation in areas like foreign direct investment.

Guangdong firms confident about exploring new markets, increase in shipmentsCompanies in Guangdong province are making all-out efforts to reduce fallout from the Sino-US trade friction, according to a senior government official and some company executives.

Gong Jiaqin, co-founder and vice president of Xag Co Ltd, said the company had registered some of its patents with cutting-edge technologies in overseas markets, to avoid any negative impact from the trade friction.

Some traditional manufacturers, for example, in the auto industry, had to slow down their pace in the US market, due to the trade friction between China and the US.

Gac Group, a major automobile maker based in South China, has temporally suspended its plan to introduce its homemade vehicles to the US market, due to the trade friction, according to Zeng Qinghong, chairman of the Gac Group.

However, Zeng said the company would focus on emerging overseas markets to offset the uncertainties from the trade friction.

Although the trade friction hasn't had a real impact on us yet, we have of course paid attention to the two big superpowers in the world that not only have an impact on bilateral relationships, but also worldwide.

"While international capital flow has shrunk, plus the uncertainty the Sino-US trade friction has brought to the global economy, China still remains popular for foreign investors. "

This is the third time in Alibaba's 19-year history that the firm has encountered a setback in the global economy; there are huge opportunities behind the anxiety and friction, Ma said.

Taiyuan Iron and Steel exports very few of its products to the US and so is not affected by the ongoing trade friction, said Wang Fasheng, director of the company's publicity department.

"Headwinds are strengthening with growing friction among governments in trade.

China Tower, the world's largest telecommunications tower operator, got off to a muted start on its first day of trading in Hong Kong, replicating the ill-timed debuts of companies like Ping An Good Doctor and Xiaomi as the protracted Sino-US trade friction continued to affect on market sentiment.

Despite the China-US trade friction, Pittsburgh is seeking stronger ties with China and welcomed 316 Chinese visitors who arrived on the first direct charter flight from Shanghai to Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday.

The Trump administration's move on China Mobile comes amid growing trade friction between Washington and Beijing.

Liu said the current trade friction triggered by Washington has had a very limited impact on CRRC's business with US, since more than 60 percent of the related production takes place in the United States.

It has been able to make lighter engines, chassis and power assist systems, as well as decrease the friction between the chains.

"Environmental security" was highlighted by Lamy in his speech, as it is an emerging factor leading to trade friction when the world is seeking to decarbonize and strengthen economic foundations.

So I have taken note of Premier Li's points and he has the opinion that China believes in solidarity, cooperation and dialogue instead of friction.

With cross-border flows of capital, people, products, information and technologies, friction has inevitably occurred among countries.

In the past, we have worked with China, and I think that there's an opportunity there to take small steps, each of us, that will tend to reduce the friction and make a difference," she said.

Qu Jian, vice-president of the Shenzhen-based China Development Institute, a think tank, said Guangdong's economy has been under pressure from the impact of COVID-19 and international trade friction since the beginning of the year.

The BRI also impacts the mechanisms of cross-border trade and trade settlement by removing friction points.

The Peterson Institute for International Economics, a United States-based think tank, said in June that the RCEP's contributions to China will be "positive for all sectors" from raw materials and manufacturing to traded services, thus helping lessen the damage inflicted by other uncertainties and trade friction with the US.

The Sino-US trade friction has gradually evolved into a technological war and a zero-sum game between two major powers.

Malaysia's Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Lim Ban Hong said the recently signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will reduce trade friction and spur free trade and globalization.

Despite the issues caused by the pandemic and China-US trade friction, knowledge-intensive services imports and exports increased by 8.5 percent year-on-year to 1.32 trillion yuan in the first eight months.

Their products lack market competitiveness, and there is homogenization competition and serious internal friction.

Instead, it uses attraction and repulsion in a magnetic field created within tracks to propel itself while being suspended in air with zero friction.

For hotels that choose to partner with coffee brands, the partnership could cause friction as the two brands from different sectors try to integrate, the report said.

The train uses electromagnets to suspend itself above the rails, and because there is no friction from contact with the rail lines, the train can run quietly and smoothly, said Liang Jianying, CRRC Qingdao Sifang's deputy general manager and chief engineer.

"Different from traditional methods, our company employs vacuum fish pump to catch salmon to avoid injuries to fish body that can be caused by collision and friction in the net.

The construction team found the use of crushed basalt, a dark-colored, igneous rock, in road base construction could increase friction between the road and vehicles, improving safety.

"Against the backdrop of China's economic slowdown, ongoing trade friction and regional challenges, the appetite for luxury items among consumers in these two regions has turned less optimistic, according to the report.

The current trade friction between the two countries "is not good", Sisolak said.

Policy makers have recognized that downside pressures on economic growth are increasing in China, influenced by the expected global economic slowdown next year and existing trade friction between China and the United States.

Sino-US trade friction and Beijing's regulatory tightening on domestic bank and non-bank lending have led to foreign funds finding prices that are now lower and assets are more available, giving a further boost to foreign investors, said Sally Sun, PwC China Assurance Partner.

The Chinese office sector has been the asset class hit hardest by the trade friction although investors continue to selectively target assets in the biggest destinations.

"Affected by external factors such as a slowing economy, concerns over ongoing trade friction, and a tighter regulatory environment, we need to be a little bit more cautious in investing in the Asia-Pacific.

"We are at the brink of a major manufacturing recovery considering the cyclical pattern of the Chinese economy, predicated on policy support from both the fiscal and the monetary side and progress toward the resolution of Sino-US trade friction," he said.

"Given the sluggish global economic growth and the ongoing trade friction with the United States, industrial enterprises are likely to see lower profit margins in the future.

Tanner Evans, owner of an apparel factory in New York, said the current trade friction has slowed business with China.

The trade friction between the two countries has led to a yearly decline in the export volume of US hardwood lumber from January to April.

Since the start of the China-US trade friction more than a year ago, Washington has taken many measures, including taking advantage of its edge in high-end chip making, to stymie Chinese high-tech firms, the NDRC said.

Compared with other secondhand trading platforms, our credit system will also help to reduce friction and improve efficiency," Sun added.

The global economy is under the downward pressure caused by factors like Sino-US trade friction and rising debt burden across the globe, said Xu Jinghui, chairman of Pacific Life Insurance.

Wang made the comments when speaking about a white paper titled The Facts and China's Position on China-US Trade Friction.

It was published on Monday to clarify the facts about China-US economic and trade relations, demonstrate China's stance on the trade friction with the US, and pursue reasonable solutions.

Two Sino-US direct flights will stop in October, hampered by rising fuel costs, fierce competition, and slowing travel demand due to trade friction between China and the United States, industry experts said.

Exchanges in science and technology have a unique advantage in promoting mutual trust and mitigating friction between nations, he said.

Equipped with the quattro ultra system, which can monitor up to 150 parameters, including speed and road surface friction, the model can switch automatically and seamlessly between two-wheel and four-wheel drive.

It expects vehicle sales to fall by another 2 percent this year because of the slowing economy and the ongoing trade friction between China and the United States.

The ongoing trade friction between China and the United States did affect the company's exports, according to Huang.

US electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said it will start taking orders in China on Friday for a lower-priced version of its Model 3 car, as it seeks to accelerate China sales hit by trade friction between Washington and Beijing.

The organization said that result was shaped by many factors, among them the impact of policy changes, macroeconomic changes and rising house prices, lower consumer confidence, stricter environmental control, as well as Sino-US trade friction.

The ongoing China-US trade friction is expected to delay US companies' plans to invest in China and vice versa.

Shen said that the ongoing trade friction sparked by Washington would hurt US auto businesses as they have cashed in more on the Chinese market than from anywhere else, be it in the realms of vehicle production, service or spare parts sales.

The development of the country's digital economy is also rapidly advancing in the direction of eight core elements of the metaverse, namely－identity, variety, friends, ubiquity, immersive, economy, low friction and civility.

"Although the number of Chinese mainland TMT companies that went public in the US was not significantly affected by Sino-US friction in the first half of 2020, the global setbacks may cast an uncertain outlook for valuation and volume of issuances in the second half of the year.

"The uncertainties arising from the China-US trade friction have also led to the secondary listings of several Chinese mainland technology giants in Hong Kong," Shen said, adding that other US-listed small-to mid-cap companies may also consider returning to the A-share market.

Despite the economic friction, Groth noted that Smaato will continue to beef up its presence in the country.

What's more, in today's market environment, which is beset by volatility and increased friction in cross-border business, we have an important role to play in building bridges for our clients, markets and economies.

The renminbi exchange rate has quickly adjusted among multiple challenges such as the trade friction between the United States and China, COVID-19 pandemic, world economic slowdown, global inflation and monetary tightening in developed economies.

During that period, trade friction between the United States and China escalated.

Wang Jiyue, an independent investment banking analyst, said the trend of US-listed firms returning to the Chinese mainland or Hong Kong for re-listing has taken shape against the backdrop of China-US trade friction, with the bill set to be a new catalyst.

But the intensified US-China trade friction is the more fundamental reason.

The market condition faced by Chinese firms in the US can also worsen due to the global novel coronavirus pandemic and uncertainties about China-US trade friction, Tan said.

"Manish Shah, publisher of Miami-based 123 Jump Network, an internet provider of stock news, said the Federal Reserve has "limited powers" to deal with a global crisis, but can lessen friction at home.

The yuan has appreciated against the US dollar after the Phase One agreement between Washington and Beijing signaled an easing in the long-standing trade friction between the two largest economies in the world.

Trade friction between the world's two largest economies has not deterred Chinese companies from pursuing listings in the US capital markets owing to capital requirements and the necessity for United States investors to diversify investments.

He said that next year would be challenging for both startups and investors due to trade friction, deepening of reforms, industrial upgrades and credit issues of industries entering a key period.

"China is seeking to strike a balance between supporting a slowing economy that has been affected by the trade friction with the United States and controlling financial risks.

Increased special bond issuances will help offset the economic downside pressures due to China-US trade friction, and enable fiscal policy to be an important measure to support economic growth, said Wang Hongju, an economist with the National Institution for Finance and Development (NIFD), a financial think tank.

Wang said the pressure of credit risk remains, as China's economy still faces downward pressure and uncertainties brought by China-US trade friction.

Borrowing costs will get lower for companies in China starting Tuesday through a key interest rate reform brought out by the People's Bank of China, the central bank, to maintain economic momentum amid the continuing trade friction with the United States.

On Monday, the US Treasury, following an earlier pronouncement by US President Donald Trump, applied the label to China after the yuan depreciated, escalating the US-China trade friction.

US TYPICAL MAXIMUM-PRESSURE TRICKRonald Wen, a Hong Kong-based senior banker, said the alleged currency manipulation is a new weapon used by the US in the trade friction with China, sending a signal that the US-waged trade war is being expanded to more fields, including forex and financial markets.

Uncertainties in global economic growth, rising trade friction as well as stricter financial regulation at home would mean that Chinese banks will continue to face challenges, according to a report released by the China Banking Association.

The index peaked to a historical high of 4.91 percent in the second quarter of last year, when global direct investment shrank amid rising trade friction.

Yi's remarks were aimed at shoring up market confidence after Chinese stocks ended lower in May due to an escalation in Sino-US trade friction, said Wang Maobin, investment department chair at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

Faced with many uncertainties, including downward pressure on China's economy and escalating trade friction between China and the United States, 36 percent of the 465 Chinese high net worth individuals - those with average personal wealth of at least 10 million yuan ($1.45 million) - polled by the Hurun Research Institute said that the focus of their investment strategy will be to "avoid risks" this year, mainly by increasing asset allocation to fixed income products, gold, bank deposits and currency products in the next three years.

In May, the offshore RMB exchange rate against the US dollar dropped more than 3 percent under market pressure as global investors worried about the escalation of trade friction.