UPDATE 1-China to provide liquidity support to brokerages facing major risks <!-- no image --> <div>Chinese authorities announced plans on Friday to let brokerages apply for support from an investor protection fund if they incur major liquidity risks.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=-l5a-mAuJFA:8y8h8FTpkfk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=-l5a-mAuJFA:8y8h8FTpkfk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=-l5a-mAuJFA:8y8h8FTpkfk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=-l5a-mAuJFA:8y8h8FTpkfk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=-l5a-mAuJFA:8y8h8FTpkfk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/-l5a-mAuJFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters