** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies rise premarket on
signs of improving U.S.-China ties
** The United States wants to work with China to solve
problems such as climate change and artificial intelligence,
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told China's Premier Li
Qiang at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday
** Raimondo is the latest Biden administration official to
visit China in a bid to strengthen communications, particularly
on economy and defense, amid concerns that friction between the
two superpowers could spiral out of control
** E-commerce firms Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N , JD.com
JD.O and Pinduoduo PDD.O rise between 1.2% and 12.7%
** Gaming stock Bilibili BILI.O surges 3.7% and peer
NetEase NTES.O is up 3.9%, while search engine giant Baidu
BIDU.O adds 1.6%
** Online education firms Gaotu Techedu GOTU.N , TAL
Education Group TAL.N and New Oriental Education & Technology
Group EDU.N up 1.2%-4.2%
** Online brokerages Futu Holdings FUTU.O and UP Fintech
Holding TIGR.O gain 3.6% and 12.7%, respectively
** China ETFs like iShares MSCI China ETF MCHI.O , China
Large-Cap ETF FXI.N and KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
KWEB.K gain 1.6%-2.2%, while Direxion China CSI Daily Bull 2X
CWEB.K advances 4.6%
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru)
((sruthi.shankar@thomsonreuters.com;))