BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.61 percent to open at 2,703.02 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 2.15 percent higher at 9,900.22 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 2.3 percent to open at 1,869.04 points Tuesday.