BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.44 percent to open at 3,380.95 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 1.10 percent higher at 13,084.65 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.75 percent to open at 2,548.41 points Tuesday.