As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 8, 2019.
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.	26	[X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No.	30	[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 Fort Lauderdale and the State of Florida, on the 7th day of January, 2019.

Templeton China World Fund

(Registrant)

By: /s/Lori A. Weber

Lori A. Weber,

Vice President and Secretary

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:

Signature	Title	Date
MANRAJ S. SEKHON*
Manraj S. Sekhon	President and Chief Executive Officer – Investment Management	Dated: January 7, 2019
MATTHEW T. HINKLE*
Matthew T. Hinkle	Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration	Dated: January 7, 2019
ROBERT G. KUBILIS*
Robert G. Kubilis	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer	Dated: January 7, 2019
HARRIS J. ASHTON*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Harris J. Ashton
ANN TORRE BATES*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Ann Torre Bates
MARY C. CHOKSI*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Mary C. Choksi
EDITH E. HOLIDAY*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Edith E. Holiday
GREGORY E. JOHNSON*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Gregory E. Johnson
RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR.*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.
J. MICHAEL LUTTIG*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
J. Michael Luttig
DAVID W. NIEMIEC*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
David W. Niemiec
LARRY D. THOMPSON*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Larry D. Thompson
CONSTANTINE D. TSERETOPOULOS*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Constantine D. Tseretopoulos
ROBERT E. WADE*	Trustee	Dated: January 7, 2019
Robert E. Wade

*By: /s/Lori A. Weber

 Lori A. Weber

 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