0001752724-20-049186.txt : 20200313 0001752724-20-049186.hdr.sgml : 20200313 20200313142316 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-049186 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200313 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200313 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200313 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. 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LLC 8-129 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 7571.69000000 Virtu Itg LLC 8-44218 000029299 549300S41SMIODVIT266 6973.95000000 955584.96000000 State Street Bank and Trust Company N/A 000000000 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 162500419.60000000 UBS Securities LLC 8-22651 000007654 T6FIZBDPKLYJKFCRVK44 134174.31000000 162634593.91000000 N 524634757.54000000 Common stock Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. N N N N N N 1.50000000 1.74000000 21.72000000 24.59000000 true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 NCEN_8939043213881403.txt Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2019. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. Boston, Massachusetts February 27, 2020