Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 266.02 points, or 1.11 percent, to open at 24,226 points on Monday.

It comes as official data shows China's retail sales of consumer goods - a major indicator of the country's consumption strength - climbed 4 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2025.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics also showed that China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 5.9 percent on-year in the same period. (Xinhua)