Shanghai - China stocks closed mixed on Friday as food and beverage shares gained on announced reforms to the country's one-child policy rule, but manufacturing lagged.
The CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen was unchanged at 3 534.08, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.1% to 3 382.56 points.
Among the most active stocks in Shanghai were Meiyan Jixiang , down 5.9% to 8.55 yuan; Citic, up 3.7% to 15.86 yuan and Yili Company, up 2.4% to 15.93 yuan.
In Shenzhen, Tongling NFM, down 4.7% to 3.90 yuan; Suning Appliance, up 1.9% to 16.26 yuan and BOE Technology, down 0.7% to 2.98 yuan were among the most actively traded.
Total volume of A shares traded in Shanghai was 24.2 billion shares, while Shenzhen volume was 29.6 billion shares.