BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.62 percent to open at 2,982.07 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 1.99 percent lower at 11,537.55 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 2.02 percent to open at 2,218.33 points.