BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.33 percent to 3,261.61 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index climbed 0.52 percent to end at 10,586.62 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's high-growth enterprises, gained 0.37 percent to close at 1,961.06 points.
Combined turnover expanded to 513.4 billion yuan (about 74.4 billion U.S. dollars) from 495.73 billion yuan the previous trading day.
China launched the official website of the Belt and Road Initiative (www.yidaiyilu.gov) Tuesday, offering information on investment policies and enterprises involved in the initiative, among other topics.
The website, which is operated by the State Information Center, also has an English version and aims to offer information in other languages such as Russian, French, Arabic and Spanish within this year.
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is scheduled to be held in Beijing from May 14 to May 15.
Liquor makers led the gains. Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. rose 1.97 percent to a record high of 394 yuan. Xinjiang Yilite Industry Co., Ltd. rose by the daily limit of 10 percent to 20.38 yuan.
China's central bank continued its net cash injections via open market operations on Tuesday.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) conducted 80 billion yuan of reverse repos, a process by which the central bank purchases securities from banks through bidding, with an agreement to sell them back in the future.
The injection saw a net 30 billion yuan pumped into the market Tuesday, offset by 50 billion yuan in maturing reverse repos.
Banks remained weak. Shanghai Pudong Development Bank dropped 0.87 percent to 16 yuan. Bank of China lost 0.54 percent to 3.65 yuan.
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