BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.05 percent to open at 2,952.97 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened flat at 9,641.89 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.11 percent to open at 1,668.71 points.