BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.34 percent to open at 3,094.24 points.  

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.48 percent lower at 10,776.71 points. 

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.64 percent to open at 1,881.01 points Wednesday.