Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up one percent, at 2, 888. 6 points.
The smaller Shenzhen index opened 1. 26 percent higher at 10, 290. 05 points, Xinhua news agency reported.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ - style board of growth enterprises, gained 1. 09 percent to open at 2, 235. 17 points.