Led by heavyweights, China stocks rose for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing at 3,030.02, up 22.11 points, or 0.74 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index rose 145.58 points, or 1.13 percent, to 13,036.23.
Combined turnover decreased to 249.22 billion yuan (38.12 billion U.S. dollars) from 252.94 billion yuan of the previous trading day.
Gainers outnumbered losers 638 to 212 in Shanghai and 929 to 228 in Shenzhen.
Shares were largely lifted by non-ferrous metal makers and heavyweights in the automobile manufacturing and telecommunication sectors.
Jiangsu Alcha Aluminium rose by the daily limit of 10 percent from the previous closing to finish at 27.54 yuan per share. Yunnan Tin Company jumped 6.22 percent to 36.73 yuan per share. Jiangxi Copper Corporation rose 3.22 percent to 41.01 yuan per share.
Shares of heavyweights such as China Unicom and Shanghai-based automobile maker SAIC Motor also climbed.
Stocks of SAIC Motor surged by 8.21 percent to 19.90 yuan per share. Shares of China Unicom rose 3.99 percent to 5.99 yuan per share.
Still reeling from the interest rate hike by the central bank on Tuesday, the banking sector fell.
Shares of China CITIC Bank decreased 1.03 percent to 5.75 yuan per share, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest bank by market value, edged down by 0.44 percent.
