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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000845379-08-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081230
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081230
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20081230

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:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05749
		FILM NUMBER:		081276142

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6176622965

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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SIGNATURE   JAY BAKER
TITLE       MANAGER

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of the China Fund, Inc.

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, 2008, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds
internal control over financial reporting, including control activities
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-SAR, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds
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 funds 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 generally
accepted accounting principles. A funds 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 fund, (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management
and directors of the fund, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition
of the funds 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
funds annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected
on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Funds 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 Funds internal
controls over financial reporting and their operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined
above as of October 31, 2008.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management,
the Board of Directors and the Shareholders of the China 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.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
December 29, 2008

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