As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2012

File Nos. 333-104602 and 811-07876

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.		[ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No.	10	[X]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 14 [X]

Templeton China World Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

300 S.E. 2^nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1923

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (954)527-7500

CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906

(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[X]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ]	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of San Mateo and the State of California, on the 5^th day of January, 2012.

Templeton China World Fund

(Registrant)

By: /s/DAVID P. GOSS

David P. Goss

Vice President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Mark Mobius*
Mark Mobius	President and Chief Executive Officer – Investment Management
	Dated: January 5, 2012
Laura F. Fergerson*
Laura F. Fergerson	Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration
	Dated: January 5, 2012
Mark H. Otani*
Mark H. Otani	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
	Dated: January 5, 2012
Harris J. Ashton*	Trustee
Harris J. Ashton	Dated: January 5, 2012
Ann Torre Bates*	Trustee
Ann Torre Bates	Dated: January 5, 2012
Frank J. Crothers*	Trustee
Frank J. Crothers	Dated: January 5, 2012
Edith E. Holiday*	Trustee
Edith E. Holiday	Dated: January 5, 2012
Charles B. Johnson*	Trustee
Charles B. Johnson	Dated: January 5, 2012
Gregory E. Johnson*	Trustee
Gregory E. Johnson	Dated: January 5, 2012
J. Michael Luttig*	Trustee
J. Michael Luttig	Dated: January 5, 2012
David W. Niemiec*	Trustee
David W. Niemiec	Dated: January 5, 2012
Frank A. Olson*	Trustee
Frank A. Olson	Dated: January 5, 2012
Larry D. Thompson*	Trustee
Larry D. Thompson	Dated: January 5, 2012
Constantine D. Tseretopoulos*	Trustee
Constantine D. Tseretopoulos	Dated: January 5, 2012
Robert E. Wade*	Trustee
Robert E. Wade	Dated: January 5, 2012

*By   /s/DAVID P. GOSS

David P. Goss, Attorney-in-Fact

(Pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase