China stocks open higher on Thursday

Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.46 percent to open at 4,711.76 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 16,370, up 0.35 percent, Xinhua news agency reported.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened 0.6 percent higher at 3,403.63 points.