0001752724-22-001409.txt : 20220112 0001752724-22-001409.hdr.sgml : 20220112 20220112113559 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-22-001409 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220112 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220112 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHINA FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000845379 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-05749 FILM NUMBER: 22525929 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 617 772 1616 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0000845379 XXXXXXXX 811-05749 true false false N-2 China Fund Inc 811-05749 0000845379 549300U9N8NM2LYE5807 50 Post Office Sq Boston 02110-1543 US-MA US 617-772-1818 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 50 Post Office Sq Boston 02110-1543 617-772-1818 Books and Records N N N N-2 Y Julian Reid N/A N George J. Iwanicki N/A N Richard A. Silver N/A N Patrick J. Keniston N/A 3 Canal Plaza Suite 100 Portland 04101 XXXXXX N N N N N N N N Tait, Weller & Baker LLP 445 N/A N N N N N N N China Fund Inc 549300U9N8NM2LYE5807 N 0 0 0 N/A Y N Y N N Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 5493006KMX1VFTPYPW14 N N Cash collateral reinvestment fee Revenue sharing split 11150955.17000000 35009.00000000 Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1) N N N N Matthews International Capital Management, LLC 801-52871 000106054 549300EWYMD78NBU6N05 N Computershare Trust Company, National Association 085-11340 2549001YYB62BVMSAO13 N N N IHS Markit Group Holdings Limited 2138005LTLTVZ4WMEX25 GB N Refinitiv US LLC 213800HQORQAP68CJJ04 N N HSBC BANK (TAIWAN) LIMITED FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (HSBC) 549300SG184IVNYDMN03 TW N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) HSBC BANK (CHINA) COMPANY LIMITED FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (HSBC) 2CZOJRADNJXBLT55G526 CN N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Citibank, N.A. London Branch E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76 GB N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 5493006KMX1VFTPYPW14 N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (HSBC) 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 HK N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) N AST Fund Solutions, LLC 27-4792784 Tax ID N N N BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. 5493006KMX1VFTPYPW14 N N N HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. 008-41562 000019585 CYYGQCGNHMHPSMRL3R97 21342.54000000 CREDIT LYONNAIS N/A N/A 9695009F5UPB9IITI298 FR 50813.6000000 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 008-08177 000007059 MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 18815.91000000 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC 008-00422 000000816 1V8Y6QCX6YMJ2OELII46 36689.20000000 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC 008-35008 000000079 ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 28166.44000000 Goldman Sachs & Co, LLC 008-00129 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 15486.65000000 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC 008-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 30979.26000000 China International Capital Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited N/A N/A 529900I91VYJX4FELF52 HK 56849.05000000 DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP N/A N/A 353800WRC7Y23PWFJG38 JP 61229.17000000 INSTINET, LLC 008-23669 000007897 549300MGMN3RKMU8FT57 19654.74000000 405604.02 UBS Securities LLC 008-22651 000007654 T6FIZBDPKLYJKFCRVK44 36474.10000000 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. 008-07221 000007691 8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81 698767.86000000 735241.96000000 N 336001681.98 Common stock Common Stock N N Common stock N N N 0.7 1.00 26.06 30.32 false false true false false false false false false false false INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 d276671d8k.htm AUDITOR'S LETTER HTML
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

The China Fund, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The China Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) as of and for the year ended October 31, 2021, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered its internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Such internal control includes policies and procedures that 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 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 control deficiency 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 significant deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that adversely affects the company’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process or report financial data reliably in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected. A material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.


To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

The China Fund, Inc.

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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 significant deficiencies or 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 for safeguarding securities, which we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of October 31, 2021.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, Shareholders and Board of Directors of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 23, 2021

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