** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies rise premarket
after Chinese Premier Li Qiang said they will take steps to
boost demand, invigorate markets, promote development, while
accelerating the green transition and opening "high level" parts
of its economy to the outside world
** E-commerce firms Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N , JD.com
Inc JD.O and Pinduoduo Inc PDD.O rise between 1.7% and 3.0%
** Gaming stocks Bilibili Inc BILI.O adds 3.5% and peer
NetEase Inc NTES.O up 5.0%, while search engine giant Baidu
Inc BIDU.O gains 1.9%.
** EV firms Li Auto Inc LI.O , Nio Inc NIO.N and Xpeng
Inc XPEV.N gain between 1.4% and 3.0%.
** Music streaming co Tencent Music Entertainment Group
TME.N and online video platform IQIYI Inc IQ.O rise 1.9% and
3.1%, respectively
** Online education firms Gaotu Techedu Inc GOTU.N , TAL
Education Group TAL.N and New Oriental Education & Technology
Group Inc EDU.N up 1.5%-3.4%
** Online brokerages Futu Holdings Ltd FUTU.O and UP
Fintech Holding Ltd TIGR.O gain 2.2% and 1.1%, respectively
** China ETFs such as IShares MSCI China ETF MCHI.O , China
Large-Cap ETF FXI.N and KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
KWEB.K gain 1.8%-2.6%, while Direxion China CSI Daily Bull 2X
CWEB.K advances 5.3%
(Reporting by Shristi Achar A in Bengaluru)
((Shristi.AcharA@thomsonreuters.com;))