BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.2 percent to open at 3,027.8 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.34 percent higher at 9,583.45 points. 

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.52 percent to open at 1,671.28 points Monday.