Stocks in Hong Kong closed at session highs as Chinese health authorities reported recent uptick in senior vaccination rates, which is regarded by experts as crucial to reopening the economy that has been facing sporadic lockdowns.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended its session 5.24% higher to 18,204.68 with the Hang Seng Tech index rising 7.66%. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite climbed 2.31% to 3,149.75 and the Shenzhen Component added 2.4% to 11,089.01.
The CSI 300 index, which tracks the largest mainland-listed stocks, climbed 3.09% to 3,848.42 as the nation's Covid cases on Monday were lower than Sunday's count, the first decline since Nov. 19.
The moves come after a negative start to the week as investors reacted to the unrest over China's Covid restrictions. Major U.S. indexes lost around 1.5% each.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.33% to close at 7,253.30. South Korea's Kospi traded around 1% higher. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares added 1.73%.
Meanwhile, the Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 0.48% to 28,027.84 and the Topix shed 0.57% to 1,992.97 as retail sales data missed expectations and the nation's unemployment rate was unchanged from September.
— CNBC's Evelyn Cheng contributed to this report.