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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-Q
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
 
Investment Company Act file number: 811-06674

 
THE GREATER CHINA FUND, INC.
 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019-6114
 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
Joseph T. Malone
UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6114
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
Copy to:
John Donovan, Esq.
White & Case LLP
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-882 5000
 
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
 
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2006


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


The Greater China Fund, Inc.
Portfolio of Investments
March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

        Market
Shares   Description   Value

             
    EQUITIES - 99.0%        
    CHINA - 63.5%        
    Commodities - 15.3%        
5,758,000   Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. “H” (1)   $ 6,084,602  
8,952,000   Angang New Steel Co. Ltd. “H” (1)     8,421,503  
7,483,700   Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd. “B” (2)     3,597,260  
1,652,000   Hunan Non-Ferrous Metal Corp. Ltd. “H” (3)     606,739  
9,891,000   Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. “H”     8,795,002  
3,582,000   Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. “H”     3,092,766  
22,882,000   Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. “H”     17,987,487  
       
 
          48,585,359  
       
 
    Conglomerates - 0.6%        
2,368,000   Tianjin Development Holdings Ltd.     1,739,415  
       
 
    Consumption - 9.9%        
16,830,000   Denway Motors Ltd.     6,560,790  
713,000   Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd. (3)     356,048  
1,946,000   Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.     3,084,570  
5,224,000   Kingway Brewery Holdings Ltd. (1)     2,255,250  
2,877,000   Parkson Retail Group Ltd. (1)     8,712,733  
4,515,000   Ports Design Ltd. (1) (2)     6,632,989  
627,000   Wumart Stores Inc. “H”     2,181,614  
500,000   Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co. Ltd. “B”     1,478,121  
       
 
          31,262,115  
       
 
    Electrical & Electronics - 2.7%        
17,296,000   China Paradise Electronics Retail Ltd. (3)     8,469,854  
       
 
    Energy - 4.5%        
9,258,000   PetroChina Co. Ltd. “H”     9,663,821  
8,368,000   Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. “H”     4,690,915  
       
 
          14,354,736  
       
 
    Financials - 8.8%        
26,137,000   China Construction Bank “H” (3)     12,209,853  
12,316,000   China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. “H” (3)     15,554,012  
       
 
          27,763,865  
       
 
    Machinery & Engineering - 1.6%        
2,558,000   Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co. Ltd. “H”     5,208,400  
       
 
    Miscellaneous - 0.8%        
6,447,000   Shanghai Haixin Group Co. Ltd. “B” (2)     1,147,566  
5,326,000   Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd. “H” (1)     1,407,025  
       
 
          2,554,591  
       
 
    Real Estate - 14.9%        
4,298,000   Agile Property Holdings Ltd.     3,572,505  
2,160,000   China Merchants Property Development Co. Ltd. “B”     3,674,298  
18,744,000   China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.     12,802,206  
10,624,000   China Resources Land Ltd.     7,940,772  
24,586,000   Guangzhou Investment Co. Ltd. (3)     4,847,591  
2,442,200   Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. “H”     12,935,098  
2,033,900   Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co. Ltd. “B”     1,444,069  
       
 
          47,216,539  
       
 
    Technology - 0.1%        
1,098,000   Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. “H” (3)     226,393  
       
 
    Telecommunications - 1.9%        
593,000   China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd.     3,114,074  
7,756,000   Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd.     2,948,537  
       
 
          6,062,611  
       
 
    Transportation - 2.4%        
3,284,000   China Shipping Development Co. Ltd. “H”     2,581,545  
6,151,900   Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd. “B”     3,012,586  
3,328,100   Dazhong Transportation Group Co. Ltd. “B” (2)     2,033,469  
       
 
          7,627,600  
       
 
    Total China     201,071,478  
       
 


The Greater China Fund, Inc.
Portfolio of Investments
March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

        Market
Shares   Description   Value

             
    HONG KONG - 29.0%        
    Consumption - 2.5%        
3,198,000   Glorious Sun Enterprises Ltd. (2)   $ 1,627,880  
26,000,000   Leroi Holdings Ltd. (2) (3) (4)     577,975  
9,130,000   Peace Mark Holdings Ltd.     3,853,264  
5,292,000   Xinyu Hengdeli Holdings Ltd.     2,062,965  
       
 
          8,122,084  
       
 
    Electrical & Electronics - 3.1%        
2,972,820   Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd.     8,983,760  
1,378,000   Matsunichi Communication Holdings Ltd.     280,578  
2,522,000   Topsearch International Holdings Ltd. (2)     302,256  
3,660,000   Wang Sing International Holdings Group Ltd. (2)     179,230  
       
 
          9,745,824  
       
 
    Financials - 6.3%        
823,000   Bank of East Asia Ltd.     2,974,948  
406,400   Dah Sing Financial Group (1)     3,199,938  
506,000   Guoco Group Ltd.     6,478,360  
1,841,000   Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd.     2,657,165  
736,000   Liu Chong Hing Bank Ltd.     1,579,205  
324,600   Wing Lung Bank Ltd.     3,137,303  
       
 
          20,026,919  
       
 
    Machinery & Engineering - 0.6%        
4,200,000   Yorkey Optical International Cayman Ltd. (3)     1,880,835  
       
 
    Miscellaneous - 4.3%        
13,464,000   China LotSynergy Holdings Ltd. (3)     3,947,318  
6,970,369   Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. (3)     4,760,782  
19,722,964   Pico Far East Holdings Ltd. (2)     4,905,420  
       
 
          13,613,520  
       
 
    Real Estate - 4.7%        
2,646,000   Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd.     3,784,944  
766,000   Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.     2,665,258  
9,400,000   Hon Kwok Land Investment Co. Ltd. (2)     2,998,125  
1,208,000   Hong Kong Land Holdings Ltd.     4,493,760  
278,000   Kerry Properties Ltd. (1)     1,017,442  
       
 
          14,959,529  
       
 
    Technology - 5.4%        
4,212,000   Fittec International Group (3)     1,574,103  
4,633,000   Foxconn International Holding Ltd. (3)     8,687,043  
13,976,000   Solomon Systech International Ltd.     6,753,996  
       
 
          17,015,142  
       
 
    Transportation - 1.1%        
4,942,000   Singamas Container Holding Ltd.     3,534,617  
       
 
    Utilities - 1.0%        
975,000   Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.     3,097,193  
       
 
    Total Hong Kong     91,995,663  
       
 
    TAIWAN - 4.9%        
    Technology - 4.9%        
183,000   High Tech Computer Corp.     5,007,210  
1,683,956   Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.     10,429,382  
       
 
    Total Taiwan     15,436,592  
       
 


The Greater China Fund, Inc.
Portfolio of Investments
March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

Number       Market
of Warrants   Description   Value

    WARRANTS - 1.6%        
    CHINA - 1.6%        
    Consumption - 0.6%        
609,357   Dashang Group, expires 01/12/09 (3)   $ 1,880,689  
       
 
    Financials - 0.4%        
1,009,527   Shanghai Pudong, expires 01/12/09 (3)     1,381,083  
       
 
    Real Estate - 0.6%        
2,240,000   China Vanke Co., expires 01/12/09 (3)     1,848,336  
       
 
    Total Warrants     5,110,108  
       
 
    Total Equities (cost $226,951,899)     313,613,841  
       
 
Shares            

           
    INVESTMENT COMPANY - 0.9%        
    CHINA - 0.9%        
    Other - 0.9%        
420,300   iShares Asia Trust - iShares A50 China Tracker (cost $2,213,391)     2,846,288  
       
 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 1.3%        
    Money Market Fund - 1.3%        
3,964,492   Morgan Stanley USD Liquid Cash Reserve (cost $3,964,492)     3,964,492  
       
 
    INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL        
   

FROM SECURITIES LOANED - 7.9%

       
    Money Market Funds * - 7.9%        
38,058   AIM Liquid Assets Portfolio, 4.66%     38,058  
12,376   AIM Prime Portfolio, 4.64%     12,376  
447   Barclays Prime Money Market Fund, 4.63%     447  
4,636,052   BlackRock Cash Strategies, 4.67%     4,636,052  
422   Scudder Money Market Fund, 4.64%     422  
14,942,764   UBS Enhanced Yield Portfolio, 4.74% (5)     14,942,764  
5,438,573   UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC, 4.67% (5)     5,438,573  
       
 
    Total Money Market Funds (cost $25,068,692)     25,068,692  
       
 
             
             
    Total Investments (cost $258,198,474) - 109.1% (a)     345,493,313  
    Liabilities, in excess of cash and other assets - (9.1%)     (28,635,242 )
       
 
    Net Assets - 100.0%   $ 316,858,071  
       
 

NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes, which was substantially the same for book purposes, was $258,198,474; and net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation   $ 90,535,365  
Gross unrealized depreciation     (3,240,526 )
   
 
Net unrealized appreciation   $ 87,294,839  
   
 

(1)   Security, or a portion thereof, was on loan at March 31, 2006.
(2)   Security is illiquid. These securities amounted to $24,002,170 or 7.6% of net assets.
(3)   Non-income producing security.
(4)   Security is being fair valued by a valuation committee under the direction of the Board of Directors. At March 31, 2006, the value of this security amounted to $577,975 or 0.2% of net assets.
(5)   Affiliated with the administrator of the Fund.
*   Rates shown reflect yield at March 31, 2006.
(a)   All securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, the last bid price quoted on such day. Short-term debt securities having a maturity of 60 days or less and money market funds are valued at amortized cost, or by amortizing their value on the 61st day prior to maturity if their term to maturity from the date of purchase was greater than 60 days, unless the Fund’s Board of Directors determines that such value does not represent the fair value of such securities. Securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available (including investments which are subject to limitations as to their sale) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.


Industry Diversification
As a Percentage of Net Assets
As of March 31, 2006 (unaudited)

EQUITIES        

Commodities

    15.3 %

Conglomerates

    0.6  

Consumption

    13.0  

Electrical & Electronics

    5.8  

Energy

    4.5  

Financials

    15.5  

Machinery & Engineering

    2.2  

Miscellaneous

    5.1  

Real Estate

    20.2  

Technology

    10.4  

Telecommunications

    1.9  

Transportation

    3.5  

Utilities

    1.0  
     
 

TOTAL EQUITIES

    99.0  

INVESTMENT COMPANY

    0.9  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

    1.3  

INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LOANED

    7.9  
     
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

    109.1  

LIABILITIES, IN EXCESS OF CASH AND OTHER ASSETS

    (9.1 )
     
 

NET ASSETS

    100.0 %
     
 

1) Transactions with Related Entities

The Fund invests in shares of the UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC and UBS Enhanced Yield Portfolio which are funds managed by UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc., the Fund’s Administrator. Amounts relating to these investments at March 31, 2006 and for the period then ended are summarized as follows:

          Sales   Interest         % of Net
Fund   Purchases   Proceeds   Income   Value   Assets

UBS Enhanced Yield Portfolio   $ 4,297,780   $ 0     $27,180   $ 14,942,764   4.7 %
UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC     26,268,381     21,417,667     7,357     5,438,573   1.7 %

2) Securities Lending

The Fund may lend up to 27.5% of its total assets to qualified broker-dealers or institutional investors. Under the terms of the securities lending agreement, the securities on loan are secured at all times by cash, cash equivalents or U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to 105% of the market value of the foreign securities on loan, which are marked to market daily. The Fund will regain record ownership of loaned securities to exercise certain beneficial rights; however, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower fail financially. The Fund receives compensation, for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, cash equivalents or U.S. government securities held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees. The Fund’s lending agent is UBS Securities LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of UBS AG. At March 31, 2006, the value of loaned securities was $23,356,044 and the related collateral outstanding was $25,068,692.

For more information regarding the Fund’s other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s annual report to shareholders dated December 31, 2005.



Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

     
(a)  
The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”)) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.
     
(b)  
There has been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
     
Item 3. Exhibits.

     
(a)  
Certifications of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of registrant pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act is attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CERT.


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

The Greater China Fund, Inc.
     
By:   /s/ Ronald G.M. Watt
    Ronald G.M. Watt
    President
     
Date:   May 26, 2006
     

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:   /s/ Ronald G.M. Watt
    Ronald G.M. Watt
    President
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Date:   May 26, 2006
     
By:   /s/ Joseph T. Malone
    Joseph T. Malone
    Treasurer
    (Principal Financial Officer)
     
Date:   May 26, 2006