china_17373.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Amendment No. 8

(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

RULE 13d-2(a)

THE GREATER CHINA FUND, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

39167B102

(CUSIP Number)

Barry M. Olliff

c/o City of London Investment Management Company Limited

77 Gracechurch Street, London, UK EC3V 0AS

+44 207 711 0771

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

November 13, 2012

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), (f) or (g), check the following box o.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information, which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS City of London Investment Group PLC, (CLIG) a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) o
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) o
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION England and Wales
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER 8,643,814
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,643,814
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,643,814
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 35.6%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS City of London Investment Management Company Limited (CLIM), a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) o
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) o
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION England and Wales
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER 8,643,814
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,643,814
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,643,814
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 35.6%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA

This Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 7”) should be read in conjunction with the Schedule 13D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 11, 2011 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), with Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 12, 2011 (“Amendment No. 1”), and with Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 31, 2011(“Amendment No. 2”), and Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D SEC on December 8, 2011 (“Amendment No. 3”), Amendment No.4 to Schedule 13D SEC on June 8, 2012 ( “Amendment No. 4”), Amendment No.5 to Schedule 13D SEC on June 15, 2012 ( “Amendment No. 5”), Amendment No.6 to Schedule 13D SEC on September 28, 2012 ( “Amendment No. 6”) and Amendment No.7 to Schedule 13D SEC on October 29, 2012 ( “Amendment No. 7”). This Amendment No.8 amends Items 3 and 5 of the Original Schedule 13D. All other information in the Original Schedule 13D remains in effect. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Schedule 13D.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations.

Beneficial ownership of the Shares to which this statement relates was acquired by the Reporting Persons with invested capital of the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts. The aggregate purchase price of the 8,643,814 Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons was $100,623,596, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 909,270 Shares owned directly by BMI was $11,440,035, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 910,048 Shares owned directly by EWF was $10,241,975, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 910,799 Shares owned directly by FREE was $10,863,548, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 910,967 Shares owned directly by GEM was $9,903,506, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 6,003 Shares owned directly by GFM was $68,541, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 847,950 Shares owned directly by IEM was $9,709,351, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 112,238 Shares owned directly by PLUS was $1,309,185, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 4,036,539 Shares owned directly by the Segregated Accounts was $47,087,450, inclusive of brokerage commissions.

Item 5. Interests in Securities of the Issuer.

(a)

and (b). As of the date hereof, CLIG, through its control of CLIM, and CLIM, in its capacity as investment adviser to the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts, have voting and dispositive power with respect to all 8,643,814 Shares owned directly by the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts, representing approximately 35.6% of the 24.268 million Shares outstanding as of 11-13-2012, as reported by the Fund on their web site. As of the date hereof, BMI, EWF, FREE, GEM, GFM, IEM, PLUS and the Segregated Accounts owned directly 909,270, 910,048, 910,799, 910,967, 6,003, 847,950, 112,238 and 4,036,539 Shares, respectively, representing approximately 3.75%, 3.75%, 3.75%, 33.75%, 0.02%, 3.49%, 0.46% and 16.6%, respectively, of the 24.268 million Shares outstanding as of 11-13-2012, as reported by the Fund on their web site.

The resulting ownership in excess of 3% of the outstanding voting shares of the Fund by BMI, EWF, FREE, GEM, and IEM, respectively, resulted from a tender instituted by the Fund which had the effect of reducing the total amount of the Fund's voting shares outstanding, and not as a result of a direct purchase or acquisition of Fund shares by BMI, EWF, FREE, GEM, and IEM.

Such ownership in excess of 3% of the Fund's shares by BMI, EWF, FREE, GEM, and IEM is therefore specifically exempted from Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(c).	Information with respect to all transactions in the Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons that were effected during the past 60 days is set forth below:

N / A

(d).	Other than disclosed herein, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such Shares.

(e).	Not applicable.

Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

November 20, 2012

CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC

/ s / Barry M. Olliff

Name: Barry M. Olliff

Title: Director

CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT

MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

/ s / Barry M. Olliff

Name: Barry M. Olliff

Title: Director

E-mail: USCorporateGovernance@citlon.com