BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.17 percent to open at 3,224.98 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.36 percent higher at 12,860.09 points. 

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.45 percent to open at 2,551.78 points Monday.