The development was mixed on Asia's leading stock exchanges a couple of hours into Monday's trading.
The composite indices in Shanghai and Shenzhen were both down 0.6 and 0.4 percent respectively at lunch local time.
The Tokyo stock exchange's Nikkei 225 index was simultaneously pointing to a plus of 0.2 percent, while the broader Topix index was down 0.3 percent.
In South Korea, the Kospi index stood at a plus of 0.4 percent.
