BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.15 percent to open at 2,992.49 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.51 percent higher at 11,555.82 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.9 percent to open at 2,200.38 points.