BEIJING -- [Hong Kong company registration]Chinese stocks ended higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.1 percent to finish at 3,691.41 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index advanced 0.16 percent to close at 12,801.2 points.

The ChiNext Index, [Hong Kong Company Formation]tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 2.8 percent to end at 2,357.97 points.