The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went up 0.72 percent to end at 3,273.31. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.69 percent to finish at 11,088.16.

Turnover on the two bourses shrank to 559.6 billion yuan (around 81.1 billion U.S. dollars), down from 563.5 billion yuan the previous trading day.

The National Bureau of Statistics' manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 51.7 in November, its highest level since July 2014 and up from October's 51.2.

The manufacturing PMI has stayed above the 50-point mark, which demarcates expansion from contraction, for the fourth month in a row.

China's non-manufacturing activity also expanded at a faster pace in November, with that PMI rising to 54.7 from 54 in October.

Boosted by the news, most sectors gained ground, led by oil and cement. Gainers outnumbered losers by 775 to 264 at the Shanghai bourse and by 1,036 to 604 at Shenzhen.

Oil shares gained after oil prices rallied overnight as OPEC agreed to cut production for the first time in eight years.

Shares of property developers rose, with Poly Real Estate, China's second-largest property developer by market value, up 7.89 percent to 10.66 yuan. Beijing Capital Development Co., Ltd. gained 6.63 percent to 13.84 yuan.