BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened lower Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to open at 3,023.72 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.14 percent lower at 12,095.85 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.05 percent to open at 2,418.31 points Thursday.