China Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday
* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:
* SSEC 0.3%, CSI300 0.3%, HSI 0.8%
* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used -0.8%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 9.3%
* HK->Shenzhen Connect daily quota used 2%, Shenzhen->HK daily quota used 2.9%
* CNY official close 7.0333 per dollar
* FTSE China A50 +0.3%
SHANGHAI, Aug 16 (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:
* Trump says China talks 'productive'; Beijing vows tariff retaliation
* China to counter latest U.S. tariffs as Trump vows deal on U.S. terms
* China warns it could quell Hong Kong protesters; Trump urges Xi to meet them
* Protest-hit Hong Kong unveils $2.4 bln economic support package Data:
* Modest gains in China's new home prices give authorities breathing room
* Japan surpasses China as largest non-U.S. holder of Treasuries -data
* China Jan-July non-financial ODI up 3.3% in yuan terms - commerce ministry
Company moves:
In focus
* Alibaba results beat estimates on cloud, e-commerce growth
* Ping An Insurance logs strongest H1 profit growth in over a decade
* China's Minmetals says to close rare earth unit after pollution violations
Earnings/Performance
* Tsingtao Brewery's H1 net profit up 25.2% y/y
* Shaanxi Coal's H1 net profit down 1.2% y/y
* Eve Energy's H1 net profit up 215.23% y/y
* Shandong Chenming Paper's H1 net profit down 71.4% y/y
* China Life Insurance's Jan-Jul premium income at about 405.1 bln yuan, up 5% y/y
* Power Construction's Jan-Jul new contracts up 2.9% y/y
Equity changes/IPOs
* Suning.Com to buy back company shares worth up to 2.0 bln yuan
* ICBC Sells Shares In Shandong Gold Mining - HKEx Filing
* Beijing Originwater Technology's shareholder to unload up to 2% stake (Compiled by Luoyan Liu)