(Yicai  Global) May 10 -- Stock markets on China's mainland opened  significantly higher this morning as investors bet on a market-friendly  result as talks with the US on working out trade policy differences  begin.

The Shanghai Composite  Index opened 0.96 percent higher at 2,878.23, while the Shenzhen  Component Index up 1.26 percent at 8,988.92. The ChiNext Price Index,  which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, started the day 1.34  percent stronger at 1,489.19.