BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 2.17 percent, at 2,781.59 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index closed 3.22 percent higher at 10,241.08 points.  

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 3.25 percent to close at 1,937.85 points Wednesday.