China stocks were steady on Thursday morning, Reuters reported. China's CSI300 index dipped 0.1 percent, to 3,454.42 points by the lunch break, while the Shanghai Composite Index was unchanged at 3,248.02 points. CSI300, the blue-chip index, has climbed roughly 20 percent over the past year on signs of economic recovery. Most sectors fell, but metal shares bucked the trend, rising 0.8 percent, on news that China has ordered steel and aluminium producers in 28 cities to slash output during winter as Beijing intensifies its war on smog. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index added 0.4 percent, to 23,862.31 points, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index gained 0.5 percent, to 10,339.10.
