The group has reduced its foreign debt ratio by 5 percent to 23 percent and, to hedge related foreign exchange risks, it has entered foreign exchange swaps for 98 percent of its foreign debts to ensure the group's safe sailing through business cycles.

该集团已将其外债比率降低5%至23%，为了对冲相关外汇风险，该集团已对98%的外债进行了外汇互换，以确保该集团在商业周期中的安全航行。

This will offer global investors a hedge in an increasingly uncertain world and, given its sheer scale, a cushion for global growth.

这将为全球投资者提供一个在日益不确定的世界中进行对冲的机会，并考虑到其庞大的规模，为全球增长提供缓冲。

Christine Lam, CEO of Citi China, said as the nation's economy charts its own path despite global economic uncertainties, China "will provide global investors with a hedge in an increasingly uncertain world and, given its sheer scale, a cushion for global growth".

花旗中国首席执行官Christine Lam表示，尽管全球经济存在不确定性，但随着中国经济走上自己的道路，中国“将为全球投资者提供一个在日益不确定的世界中进行对冲的机会，并鉴于其庞大的规模，为全球增长提供缓冲”。

Eventually, it will help Pinduoduo to expand sources of its revenue and hedge against the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry experts said.

行业专家表示，最终，这将有助于拼多多扩大收入来源，并对冲新冠肺炎疫情的负面影响。

Other domestic carriers have also embraced various innovative measures to hedge against declining passenger numbers due to the pandemic.

其他国内航空公司也采取了各种创新措施，以应对疫情导致的乘客数量下降。

"China's national oil and gas companies have all announced their own net-zero targets following the nation's pledge, pursuing hydrogen use in transport as a hedge against future drops in petrol-based fuel sales," said Cao Lujia, an analyst with BloombergNEF.

“Besides the government’s overall planning to hedge risks, technology, internet and high-end services should play a bigger role in reducing Chinese enterprises’ risks when expanding overseas,” said Shen Kaitao, president of Jiang Tai International Associates and Jiang Tai Global Assistance Alliance, the only insurance broker network with global service led by a Chinese insurance broker.

To address the issue, Tencent has trained its sights on three approaches to hedge risks: exploring the full potential of theatrical topics based on daily lives; developing intellectual property derived from quality internet novels, cartoons and comics, and fostering an ecosystem of content creativity and industrialized production.

Chen Liteng, an analyst at the Internet Economy Institute, a consultancy, said Trip rode the wave of secondary listings in Hong Kong created by Chinese mainland tech companies such as Alibaba and Bilibili to hedge against uncertainties amid Washington's increasing scrutiny of Chinese-listed firms.

Following the go-private plan, investors and managers will be able to adjust Sina's development strategy to grow the business and then opt for a secondary listing on the Chinese mainland or in Hong Kong to hedge against uncertainties in the United States, they said.

"We will increase support for overseas dealers this year, and vigorously promote the construction of multichannels, such as expanding sales in tax-exempt markets and cross-border e-commerce platforms, so as to hedge against the negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak," Li said, adding the company is accelerating its globalization expansion.

"The group's structural adjustment on revenue sources and production procedures－and variation of products－helps it tackle overcapacity of phosphate fertilizer (on which the group's income relies heavily) and hedge risks from continuously shrinking market demand," He said.

Chinese oil and gas giant PetroChina's partnering with some of the world's biggest energy companies to launch a new crude oil futures exchange in the Middle East, is an important move for the company to better leverage the international crude oil trading mechanism to gain profits and hedge losses, analysts said.

The Murban futures contract, to be hosted on the new exchange named ICE Futures Abu Dhabi, will allow global buyers to hedge risks and gain more value from the company's oil output, Adnoc CEO Sultan al-Jaber said during an energy forum, according to Reuters reports.

The deadline to submit bid forms for institutional investors, such as banks or hedge funds, is set for December 4, while the deadline for retail investors, otherwise known as individual investors, is set for November 28.

The bank also used instruments such as the Credit Risk Mitigation Warrant, a financial instrument to hedge default risks, to underwrite debt financing instruments of 11.88 billion yuan and undertake asset-backed securitization projects of 3.15 billion yuan for private enterprises, according to the announcement.

The types of foreign investors have diversified in the last three to five years, with sovereign wealth funds, central banks, large asset management companies, hedge funds and corporate firms investing in the Chinese bond market, he said.

The digital platform helps SMEs to connect with investors who are mostly Hong Kong hedge funds, family offices and high-net-worth professionals to get instant financing.

Brands hope CIIE can help attract interest amid Brexit uncertaintiesCompanies in the United Kingdom have embraced the inaugural China International Import Expo in an effort to hedge against uncertainties as the country prepares to leave the European Union, industry insiders say.

The report's launch came as British companies gear up in the hope of conducting further trading with China, in an effort to hedge against uncertainties arising from the United Kingdom's pending exit from the European Union.

The report's launch came as British companies gear up in the hope of conducting further trading with China, in an effort to hedge against uncertainties arising from the United Kingdom’s pending exit from the European Union.

Rising the fee can hedge the pressure that is led by the cost of fuel increasing, said the National Business Daily, citing an analyst, and because the oil price is expected to going up and the impact of a traditionally slow season for travel in the fourth quarter, the passenger fuel surcharge will continue to increase.

Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, told CNBC in a recent interview that he foresees a “dollar crisis” in two years when the US currency will depreciate by as much as 30 percent resulting from the Federal Reserve’s need to print more money to make up for the deficit, pay pensions and meet healthcare obligations.

The other $1 billion was committed by three international investors including global asset manager Oppenheimer, UK-based hedge fund Lansdowne Partners and US fund Darsana, with $500 million, $300 million and $200 million respectively, Reuters reported.

London-based hedge fund Lansdowne Partners, which made a name for itself with its investment in British online supermarket Ocado in 2012, and New York-based asset manager Darsana have committed $300 million and $200 million respectively.

"I don't think it looks like a realistic valuation, given that it said in a filing it can't guarantee that Mobike or its business as a whole will achieve profitability in the future," said Lam Ka-kei, managing director of Hong Kong-based Grand View Securities Ltd. "Despite its dominance in mainland's $1.3 trillion food delivery and online services industry, and the backing from large hedge funds, the company may still be penalized for a geopolitical storm and global stock sell-offs beyond its control," Lam said.

The current storage capacity in China is far from sufficient to hedge against shortages in the natural gas supply.

Steinway Musical Instruments Inc, best-known for its grand pianos and controlled by US hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, has attracted takeover interest from China Poly Group Corp, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing unnamed sources.

The company was taken private by John Paulson's hedge fund firm, Paulson & Co, for about $512 million in 2013.

Global hedge fund management firm Bridgewater Associates LP is expanding its Chinese business, as it sees a positive outlook for the nation's economy and the huge potential of its capital market, according to a senior company executive.

I still believe so," said Douglas Kass, founder of hedge fund Seabreeze Partners Management Inc, who has a short position on Starbucks, expecting the shares to decline.

”YoBike spokesman Will Trafford said that the new strategy will allow the company to hedge risk with partners who will bring local knowledge to each collaboration.

“So, the way to build sustainable interest is to hedge.

Two Qualcomm directors, Anthony Vinciquerra and MarkMcLaughlin, have been aligned with activist hedge fund JanaPartners LLC, which pushed for a shakeup of the company two years ago.

Guo Xiangjun, CIC executive vice-president, told China Daily that alternative asset investment, including hedge funds, private equity, and real assets, will surpass public equity and account for more than 50 percent of the fund's portfolio during the next 10 years.

Yan Yuejin, research director with E-house China R&D, a property industry information provider, said realty sales will continue to be brisk for years, but diversified investments can help hedge against risks like policy changes and market controls.

Mature markets show that financial innovation can serve as an effective tool to hedge and diversify risks, he said.

Vigorously increasing the supply of affordable housing can not only make housing more affordable, but also hedge against the downward impact of the commercial housing market.

Gold, therefore, can hedge against any conflict-related volatility, she said.

Higher spot prices and commodities being a hedge against feared geopolitical supply disruptions justify bullish sentiment on commodities next year.

Next stage expected to focus on foreign investment, services and digital tradeChina has ample policy room to take a myriad of opening-up measures for trade and investment facilitation and liberalization, in order to hedge against external pressure and internal difficulties, senior trade experts and economists said.

Sustained policy support and deeper structural reforms are needed to hedge against the headwinds, the report said, adding that deeper reforms of the intergovernmental fiscal system are necessary to tackle the local government financing vehicle debt problem.

Xu Zhaoting, head of renminbi trading for global emerging markets at Deutsche Bank, said the launch of northbound trading will mark a significant step for China to open up its financial derivatives market, providing a key channel for overseas investors to hedge against interest rate risks.

"We hope to expand the presence of our products to more countries and hedge against volatility risks in the international lighter market," Hua said.

Zhang Yujing, chairman of the chamber, said that export control compliance has become an important front in the high-quality development of China's foreign trade, as well as a necessary means for enterprises to hedge risks, ensure steady growth and boost competitiveness.

The world's largest hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased more than 2.03 million shares of Pinduoduo in the fourth quarter.

Infrastructure investment can be used as a countercyclical policy tool to maintain a rapid growth rate, though it cannot completely hedge against the downtrend in property and manufacturing investment over the long run.

In the first half of this year, the world's biggest hedge fund notched up an impressive 4.76 percent gains on its investments in China's stock market.

Derivatives can also help market entities better hedge price risks and manage risk exposure in carbon trading.

"Because the Japanese yen hit its lowest levels against the dollar several times since 2002, many Japanese clients have asked us to help them apply for such certificates to hedge their losses with the weak currency exchange rates because all transactions need to be settled in US dollars," she said, adding that the company plans to export products worth between $180 million and $200 million this year while continuing to expand the RCEP markets to reach more consumers.

"In fact, we have consistently seen expansions or new setups in the banking and finance sectors, such as asset management companies, financial technology service providers, crypto traders and hedge funds, in Hong Kong in recent years," he added.

Citing the record-high inflation in the US and the US Federal Reserve's decision to raise key interest rates, Chen said the US economy is facing mounting pressures and the exemptions will help bring bilateral trade of certain items back to normal and hedge against the impact of the Fed rate increase.

Investors at home and abroad said yuan-denominated assets are useful to hedge risks.

Bai Wenxi, chief economist at IPG China, advocated for better utilization of tools such as futures and insurance products to help enterprises hedge against external risk.

- The Chinese government will work to help enterprises better hedge exchange rate risks as the yuan rises, Gao Feng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said on Thursday.

Cross-border channels rescue SMEs from COVID impact, notch $311b in salesCross-border e-commerce has become an important driving force for stabilizing China's foreign trade and played a positive role in helping small and medium-sized enterprises to hedge against the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry experts said.

The establishment of the dual-circulation development pattern and the pursuit of common prosperity are expected to accelerate and increase people's incomes, foster stronger domestic demand, and hedge against external risks, which will at the same time strengthen China's industrial and supply chains and sustain their competitiveness in global trade, he said.

According to the document, the yuan exchange rate will be kept stable at a reasonable and balanced level, and the country will help foreign trade companies hedge against foreign exchange risks.

Trade agreement will see tariffs cut significantly with member economiesThe implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is set to significantly enhance resource allocation for China in domestic and foreign markets, while strengthening regional industrial and supply chains to hedge against the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to officials and experts.

Citing the tasks mapped out by the Central Economic Work Conference held last week, Luo Zhiheng, deputy director and chief macroeconomic analyst of Yuekai Securities research institute, said stabilizing investment will be a key focus of economic work in the future, which will help hedge against downside risks.

It is very important to plan early to hedge against the possibility that a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises and fragile industries will have operational difficulties as commodity prices and import prices continue to rise and export and consumer prices stay at low levels.

Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has established a credit fund pool to hedge risks for medium-sized and small technology enterprises.

She said the company is also learning to apply futures market strategies to hedge against sudden fluctuations in prices of raw materials.

Compared with last year, the money supply has slowed amid the continual economic recovery, which also indicated that China did not resort to excessive monetary easing to hedge slowdown risks amid the COVID-19 shocks, said Lou Feipeng, a senior economist at Postal Savings Bank of China.

Third, we should hedge income uncertainty caused due to the pandemic and enhance consumer confidence through supportive policies, such as infrastructure construction projects.

"The commerce ministry, the People's Bank of China, the central bank, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, have been jointly pushing financial institutions to continuously optimize exchange rate-related risk hedging products and services, promoting the manual on exchange-rate risk-hedging among foreign trade enterprises, and providing targeted guidance to enterprises on how to hedge risks.

It is wrong to adjust interest rate to hedge against inflation only because of the rising PPI readings.

However, on a yearly basis, total tax income declined by 2.6 percent in 2020, due to the shocks by COVID-19 pandemic and the government decision to cut taxes to hedge against economic and public health risks, said the STA official.

China will emerge as the world's financial center, said Ray Dalio, founder of world's biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, according to a Financial Times report on Jan 9.2020 was a "defining year" for Chinese financial markets, the co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater told the Financial Times during an interview in mid-December.

Beijing has strengthened fiscal actions to hedge against downside risks after the COVID-19 outbreak and conducted large-scale bailout measures to support enterprises.

"To hedge against COVID-19 pandemic shocks, the Chinese government issued more Treasury bonds and local government special bonds this year to raise funds.

"Along with a flexible and supportive monetary policy, China could use its fiscal space to hedge against downside risks to growth and ensure a smooth rotation from public to private demand.

New forms of business and patterns of digital technology such as e-commerce, video conferences, online medical care and online education has become the new driving forces to hedge against the negative effects of the pandemic and promote recovery.

Hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said China has an advantage over the United States on a range of issues, saying "time is on China's side," Bloomberg reported.

Experts said such factors led some consumers to hedge perceived risks by buying gold for its asset-preserving quality.

Investors sought to hedge inflation with bar and coin investment, driving total retail demand up 36 percent year-on-year.

Chinese online retailers are speeding up efforts to expand their presence in overseas markets amid a broader drive to diversify revenue sources and hedge against the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry experts said.

In addition, since the outbreak of the pandemic, a growing number of domestic carriers have been holding livestreaming sessions to sell flight tickets, tourism packages, derivative products and cosmetics, as they aim to hedge against declining passenger numbers and gain additional revenue.

He also noted that the resumption of flights in the international passenger market can help airline companies hedge losses from the epidemic and boost the industry's recovery.

As the civil aviation industry has been one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic, carriers are looking to other forms of business to hedge their losses, with livestreaming sales just one of the avenues being explored to attract potential customers.

"It is a misconception that airlines can make sufficient money from livestreaming sales to hedge their losses from transportation, but these sales are an opportunity for traditional carriers to embrace the internet world and understand young people－their potential customers," he said.

The government's policy support for domestic airlines will help domestic carriers to hedge against declining passenger numbers, and the domestic air travel market has shown an apparent recovery trend.

The government's cash subsidies for domestic airlines that began on May 21 will continue till July 20 and will help the latter to hedge against declining passenger numbers due to the recent resurgence of local COVID-19 cases and rising fuel costs, industry experts said.

This will hedge against the current economic and trade risks and generate strategic value for the diversification of industrial and supply chains.

More Chinese commercial airlines are increasingly holding livestreaming sessions to sell cosmetics and skincare products to make additional income and hedge against declining passenger numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The country's grain stock is sufficient and can hedge against risks in the market, Meng said, adding that the stable grain market in China offers a buffer against a potential global food crisis.

One of the key reasons was the spillover effect of aggressive monetary stimulus in other major economies to hedge against economic slowdown risks.

Apart from building an internet of things technology-based information platform for its weaving equipment and investing in next-generation manufacturing techniques, the company is actively learning to apply futures market strategies to hedge against sudden fluctuations in prices of raw materials, Song said.

"And we have to resort to some financial derivatives to hedge risks. "

"Central banks and investors may absorb the market surplus as they seek gold for portfolio diversification and possibly as a hedge if inflationary pressures return on the substantial stimulus measures injected amid the global health crisis," she added.

Tang said the impact of the pandemic highlights the importance of the natural hedge that comes from fuels and chemical integration.

For many traditional trade firms, cross-border e-commerce remains an important option for digital transformation and an effective hedge against external risks, analysts noted.

For many traditional trade firms, cross-border e-commerce remains an important option for digital transformation and an effective hedge tool against external risks, analysts noted.

"The new types of online cultural consumption will not only help hedge against the impact of coronavirus, but also foster consumption upgrades.

He suggests producers expand domestic sales or turn to other categories to hedge against risks.

Related futures and options products have been used on a large scale to hedge risks.

"We will take key measures to give play to advantages of industrial clusters in deployment of resources for upstream and downstream supply chains, which will also help hedge against the coronavirus epidemic impact," Zhao said at a news conference.

The expansion of cross-border e-commerce pilot zones aims to allow more areas to benefit from the profits and effectively hedge against the downward pressure of foreign trade growth, said Zhao Ping, director of the international trade research department at the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Academy.

"The fear today is about a global recession," said Thomas Hayes, chairman of Great Hill Capital, a hedge fund-management firm based in New York.

Qin Haiyan, secretary general of the Chinese Wind Energy Association, said developing offshore wind power helps diversify energy sources, cut the heavy reliance on fossil fuels to curb carbon emissions, as well as to hedge risks from international trade.