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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000921895-18-001394
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180420
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180420
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180420

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	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:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05749
		FILM NUMBER:		18766658

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 5049 (02206-5049)
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6176622789

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 5049 (02206-5049)
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02111

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001018138
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		77 GRACECHURCH STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC3V0AS
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011441717110771

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		77 GRACECHURCH STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC3V0AS

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OLLIFF & PARTNERS PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960705
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
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LIMITED</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">BARRY M. OLLIFF</P>

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box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting
fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of
its filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">City of London Investment
Management Company Limited, together with the other participants named therein, has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying
<B>BLUE</B> proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of a slate of director
nominees and certain business proposals at the upcoming 2018 annual meeting of stockholders of The China Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Please contact Saratoga
Proxy Consulting LLC, which is assisting us, if you have any questions, require assistance in voting your <B>BLUE</B> proxy card,
or need additional copies of our proxy materials. Saratoga can be reached toll-free at (888) 368-0379.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On April 20, 2018, City
of London issued the following press release:</P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>City of London Responds
to Yet Another Postponement by The China Fund Board of Annual Meeting of Stockholders</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><I>City of London Views
Second Meeting Postponement and Related Change to Bylaws as Efforts to Prevent Stockholders from Exercising their Fundamental Right
to Vote</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>COATESVILLE, PA (April 20, 2018) </B>&ndash;
City of London Investment Management Company Limited, which represents clients who are the beneficial owners of approximately 27.6%
of the outstanding shares of common stock of The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CHN), today issued a response to the announcement that
the Board of Directors of China Fund has yet again postponed China Fund&rsquo;s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, this time
to May 23, 2018.</P>

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from exercising their <U>fundamental right to vote</U> and thereby replace the two incumbent Directors, including Joe Rogers, China
Fund&rsquo;s Chairman who has served on the Board for 26 years, and terminate the investment manager.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>In China Fund&rsquo;s announcement postponing the meeting for the second time, Mr. Rogers stated: &ldquo;We would like to hold
the Meeting as soon as practicable... we may have to postpone the meeting again.&rdquo; In other words, the Board is asserting
the right to even more postponements. We believe this Board will do anything to block stockholder votes from being counted.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>This latest meeting postponement was unanimously approved by the Board &ndash; all members of the Board are responsible, and
need to be held accountable, for the continued delays and denial of stockholders&rsquo; right to vote.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>City of London believes that each member of the Board &ndash; Linda C. Coughlin, Gary L. French, Michael F. Holland, Li Jin,
William C. Kirby, Joe O. Rogers and Richard Shore &ndash; is in breach of his or her fiduciary duties to stockholders. We question
in whose interests the Board members are acting, Joe Rogers to preserve his job or the best interests of China Fund stockholders.</TD></TR></TABLE><!-- Field: Page; Sequence: 3 -->
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>The Board&rsquo;s ongoing posturing, multiple annual meeting postponements, entrenchment actions and never-ending litigation
are extremely expensive and are a waste of China Fund assets. These costs are reducing China Fund&rsquo;s NAV, with costs increasing
on a daily basis as a result of the Board&rsquo;s actions, and gradually will erode the share price of China Fund. We believe these
continued actions by the Board to block the stockholders&rsquo; right to vote are undermining the quality and competitive position
of China Fund in the marketplace to the detriment of the stockholders, the true owners of China Fund.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>The latest postponement comes even after the federal court in New York found China Fund&rsquo;s claims challenging City of
London&rsquo;s proxy materials to be without merit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>The Board also announced a change to China Fund&rsquo;s Bylaws in an apparent attempt to retroactively permit the Board&rsquo;s
meeting postponements under China Fund&rsquo;s governing documents.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in">City of London is using all its efforts
to compel China Fund to finally hold its annual meeting and count <U>your</U> votes!</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in">We encourage all China Fund stockholders
to vote their shares on the <B>BLUE</B> proxy card. If stockholders have already voted China Fund&rsquo;s white proxy card, they
can still vote the <B>BLUE</B> card. Every vote counts. China Fund stockholders have an opportunity to effect meaningful change
by rejecting the China Fund Board&rsquo;s affront to stockholder rights.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in">If you have any questions or need assistance
with voting your <B>BLUE</B> proxy card, or need additional copies of our proxy materials, please contact our proxy solicitor,
Saratoga Proxy Consulting LLC at (212) 257-1311 or toll-free at (888) 368-0379.</P>



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