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China Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday

* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:

* SSEC +0.9 pct, CSI300 +1.2 pct, HSI +1.4 pct

* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 27 pct, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 4.1 pct

* HK->Shenzhen Connect daily quota used 14.4 pct, Shenzhen->HK daily quota used 9.4 pct

* CNY official close 6.276 per dollar

* FTSE China A50 +1.5 pct, BNY Mellon ADR China Select Index +0.1 pct

SHANGHAI, April 20 (Reuters) - Following is a list of recent corporate and policy announcements, as well as other news that might affect Chinese financial markets. Policy, government, sector news:

* U.S.-China trade row threatens global confidence -IMF's Lagarde

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* U.S. Treasury considers emergency powers on Chinese investments -official

* EXCLUSIVE-China looks to speed up chip plans as U.S. trade tensions boil - sources

* China must do more to open markets, German industry group says

* Fitch says China RRR cut supports bank liquidity, not stance change

* China stockpiles alumina for export as supply crunch stokes record prices

* EXCLUSIVE-China nears first Americas refining capacity as CNPC, Petrobras talks mature Data:

* China March refined copper output +4.6 pct y/y -stats bureau

* China March fertiliser output down 7 pct y/y at 4.99 mln T - stats bureau

Company moves:

In focus

* China's ZTE removed chief compliance officer before U.S. sanction -source

* China Orient AMC plans $16 bln investment in soured debt in 2018

* China's CITIC and Czech-based CEFC Europe to form joint venture

* China Huarong confirms chairman departs after probe, shares to resume trading

Earnings/Performance

* Hua Xia Bank's 2017 profit up 0.7 pct y/y

* Ping An Bank's Q1 profit up 6.1 pct y/y

* China National Nuclear Power's 2017 profit up 0.2 pct y/y

* Oppein Home Group's 2017 profit up 36.9 pct y/y

* China Northern Rare Earth's 2017 profit up 341.8 pct y/y

* Beijing Orient Landscape & Environment's 2017 profit up 68.1 pct y/y

* Sanan Optoelectronics' 2017 profit up 46 pct y/y

* Hoshine Silicon's 2017 profit up 132.8 pct y/y

* Beijing Sanju Environmental Protection's 2017 profit up 57 pct y/y

* Luxshare Precision's 2017 profit up 46.2 pct y/y

* Kangde Xin Composite Material's 2017 profit up 26.1 pct y/y

* Muyuan Foods' Q1 profit down 80 pct y/y

* Angel Yeast's Q1 profit up 30.2 pct y/y

* Western Securities' profit down 33.1 pct y/y in 2017

Equity changes/IPOs

* Shenzhen Exchange filing shows block trade of Boe Tech's shares involving 317.4 mln yuan

* Wuxi Huaguang Boiler to sell its shares in Bank of Jiangsu M&A

* China Minsheng Banking to participate in acquisition of Australia's Pet Food Company Trading halt/resumption

* Inner Mongolia Boatou Steel Union's 2017 profit jumps, share trade to resume (Compiled by Luoyan Liu Editing by Shri Navaratnam)