(Yicai Global) Oct. 28 -- China's mainland stock markets edged up steadily to end the day higher with small-cap tech shares performing the best.

The Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.85 percent to 2,980.05. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.46 percent to 9,801.87. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, finished 1.74 percent up at 1,704.42.  

Blockchain-related shares jumped nearly 7 percent today after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China mentioned the decentralized ledger as one of the nation's core technologies to develop.

Editor: Emmi Laine