Investors check share prices at a securities firm in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. (Photo: China Daily)

Chinese stocks rose on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 2.13 percent at 3,090.57 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.29 percent higher at 12,269.49 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, rose 0.20 percent to close at 2,424.39 points.